Hi Joe it is so refreshing to have someone that is down to earth about light modifiers. As most so called professional photographers try and convince us that the well over priced parabolic reflectors are the way to go. I like many other photographers use the normal softboxes and umbrellas with great effect as you have said in this video you do not need to spend large amounts of money to achieve the same effect. I look forward to all of your videos.
Subscribed just because of that fact that I can watch your videos at 1.5x and still understand all your saying. Considering your content is already straigh to the point and therefore short... With the speedboost I'm devouring content.
The marble trick!!!!! Genius!!!!!!!! Portraits are all about catchlights in my opinion (mainly because watching them is an easy way to tell if your lights are in the ballpark). And to think, if Tim Berners-Lee hadn’t invented the World Wide Web you wouldn’t be able to share it and I would never have learned it. Thanks Joe and Tim-nice teamwork.
I stumbled upon your channel today and I have to say, I can't believe I have gone this long without your tutorials! You are well spoken and easy to understand. You also don't waste a ton of time getting into the videos and describing what you have listed in your description. You have earned a fan. Thank you for your help
I am just setting up my home studio (not new in photography, but new in interior lighting) and this is the best I found on youtube on the subject. And what helps of course is your pics are pro grade. Thanks!
Thanks LYSYSTUDIOS and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride! If you are setting up a home studio - be sure to watch this video: ruclips.net/video/cggfTPIQcHs/видео.html
Many thanks Joe, I have seen that one already. May I have a question? I also want to try some shooting on the film and I am wondering whether I should get a flash meter, or I can just use the digital camera with the respective ISO etc. to see if the picture is good enough and then shoot with a film camera. Would you have any thoughts about that? I haven't tried myself yet, wondering if it's worth the hassle.
Flashmeter for sure LYSYSTUDIOS. I just think it will be more accurate and consistent - not to mention switching back and forth between cameras and mediums is inviting disaster.
Thanks, I thought so, but I had two professional photographers telling me they can shoot film with strobes without a flashmeter. Didn't see their photos coming out of sessions like this though, so cannot tell whether they are ok or not...
Well LYSYSTUDIOS - I can set exposure without a light meter. Basically anyone can if they understand the math and physics of strobes and light - but that doesn't mean I would want to or find it practical or totally reliable. So can they? It's possible - but I'll bet they aren't on a regular basis unless they never move their lights.
Joe, I often come back to your videos and watch them over and over again. I like your refined approach (cutting the fat) and providing a clear and proven knowledge, style, and techniques in all of your video. I also appreciate you have the budget minded photographers in mind and such approach is humbling; gears are important, but experience through practice and dedication can't be substituted. Keep up the good work Joe!
I've got to agree with John, you're making some of the best photography tutorials out there Joe. Thanks for all the hard work, and thought that goes into making them. It's really appreciated.
LOL, are you awsome. I love your way to share! I think that this video is great and essential for beginners (and entusiastic) photographer like me. Thanks, added to my "very favorite list" and off course, shared! Greetings from Argentina (we are in winter now...)
The few things I have learnt in my not nearly anywhere as long time as you have been doing this. Catchlights = personal preference like you say, I love: Octabox, Beauty Dish and Verticals. Mistake I made was buying the cheaper soft boxes that don't collapse. Such a mission to transport them, you either need to spend an hour (not really but feels like it) to break down and set up, or you need to buy a bigger car to be able to transport them already set up. Because I find myself going to locations more and more lately, for corporate headshots etc. And wanting the catchlights I want means I need the softboxes not umbrellas. But I do have 3 x shoot thru umbrellas and a silver and gold reflective as well.
Great video. I don't think this topic gets talked about enough. It took me a while before I narrowed down my favorites. For example, I like silver reflective umbrellas, but I don't like shoot through umbrellas as they usually show the umbrella's ribs in the catch lights.
Excellent run through of light diffusers - probably one of the best I've seen on RUclips - and a great tip at the end. I really look forward to seeing your videos on Saturday mornings here in Sydney.
I recently started using a bed sheet hung on a pole with cloths pins and a bare speedlight 4 or 5 feet back and it by far the widest (& cheapest) modifier I have ever used.
This was incredibly helpful! I am overwhelmed with all the different choices of light modifiers available, and you have helped me make a better choice for my needs. You're the man 😃
@@theJoeEdelman No, thank you. You're an amazing teacher with great enthusiasm for your craft. The things I've learned by simply watching a few of your videos baffles me. Please, never stop educating others. You make us believe we can actually successfully become what we aspire to be.
I just bought my first strobe and light modifiers and I am so happy I found your channel. You give great info and advice and make it all seem so simple! I can't wait to practice with your techniques. Thanks Joe!
Great overall summary of modifiets. Joe, I love your tutorials...so much fun. I had a teacher that would say that light doesn't know or care if it is coming out of a $5K light or an inexpensive Buff one. Light is light. I photograph dogs and animals, so sturdy and widespread is my goal as they tend to move around a lot. Lately I've been doing more work outside and nothing beats just a plain cheap umbrella for speed of setup. Just have to be careful with lots of sandbags as they tend to be like sails in the wind. LOL
lots of great info here. I wish that I could see the photos side by side to compare but I learned a ton. thanks...I guess I will have to read the book I bought from you :)
Thanks for this video Joe. I like that you are not pushing expensive modifiers. I am getting a collapsible beauty dish very soon and look forward to having fun with it! I think it cost me $50 US.
Great video. Very helpful. I love your channel. The only thing is missing for me here is a side by side comparison of the end results of each modifier so we could see the differences and similarities of these modifiers on the model. Besides that, perfect.
Great video... Speedlights and softboxes. Sure you can use your hotshoe flash with a softbox. Conversely to the popular speedlighter thinking, trying to diffuse the specular light that has been concentrated by the hotshoe flash's tiny reflector is, IMO, counter-productive. As an analogy, you COULD make tea by melting ice cubes but that would not be the most efficient way to brew a cup!
Thank you - Glad to have you as a subscriber Richard Crowe ! While I agree that ice cubes are not an efficient source for water to brew a cup of tea. If you are in the middle of a desert and want tea - the ice cubes in your cooler will be the most efficient source of water and with no electric the sun will warm the water. Speedlights serve a valuable purpose and whats great about the human race is that we are a resourceful species. All of this gear costs a TON of money. For many people - speedlights are the best choice by far to build out a lighting kit that can handle both studio and location shooting. The strobist community had proven that you just about anything you can do with a monolight - you can find a way to do it with a speedlight. Certainly - if you can afford both - go for it!
always love watching your videos. thank you for keeping it real too. too many people out there fall for the latest and greatest gizmo. its nice to hear someone of your caliber saying sometimes a cowboy studio umbrella can do the job for $21.
great vid.as far as I noticed just few ppl (tutorials, vids) mentioned about catchlights. you did it well, cool tip. thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Just started into the adventure of Professional use of lighting; Thank you for a excellent tutorial. Truly enjoyable and informative. (thank for the product links too)
awesome video joe! amazing information like always! I love the simplicity of your videos. I agree with you, you dont need to spent a lot of money to handle light, if you understand it!
+Joe Edelman wouldn't miss your vlogs for the world ..cant wait to get my fix of Joe each week ...keep up the great work...you are in my top 3 subs...great stuff
Thanks for the videos, they're clear and concise. It's worth mentioning that modest softboxes are no longer that expensive. I have a Neewer 32x32" spring-steel framed softbox that included an S style speedlight mount for about $40 USD. It's silvered inside and includes both the primary and secondary (interior) diffuser. Is it as robust as a studio box? Let's not be silly, but it is functional and useful on a budget.
This is one of the better videos on the subject! Keep up the great work Joe! Will you be doing a video on lighting ratios? Would love to hear your point of view on whether to use a flash meter when using speedlites vs using the camera to gauge the exposure.
Thanks Don Lefresne and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride! I will be discussing rations and meters. A little preview - I rarely use a flash meter and pay no attention to ratios - I work visually - But I will dig into it in a future video.
All of your videos are very helpful. I am no portrait shooter but from time to time get asked to do a head shot. The thing I am most interested in, is that I have been looking at photography videos on uT for a long time (10 years? ), how is it that I only came upon your channel this week? What is it about the uT algorithms that do this ??? PS, I am headed back to Olympus cameras for one feature that no one else has and that is composite live view... as you demonstrated with light Sabre portrait lighting in the WWPI video from last year. This is an indispensable tool for water flow with filters. I appreciate that you are educating and not preaching or selling. /dL
Very informative as usual. I guess photographers are the only people who zoom in on pics to check the catchlights. I do outdoor shoots with families, models and animals. I use a shoot through umbrella and a beauty dish on my Godox AD200 as setting up a softbox takes me too long
Perfect video series. Great concise information about modifiers. I have one question regarding Parabolic reflectors. How does the light compare to other modifiers?
Great... Very handy.. But you probably have some statistics from a long career, right? From these statistics, what modifier you use the most? That would really help me out in making my decision.. I am planning to go with the first purchase and I think that I am going to get 2 rectangular softboxes first. Then will step up by getting a big octabox for head shots.. What do you think?
Finaly this is what i was looking. This will make it more easy for me to start building what i need to shoot . Very well done. Quick question for a softbox, since there are so many makers of this tool, what should i be looking for at the begening for continiuous light and using a speedlight, i mean what makes a softbox better than another one (always in the same sishpe and size) is it the depth, white or silver inside...
iamthismoment Thank you for the kind words and for subscribing. Your question is not a simple answer. If your continuous lights are hot - you need a box designed to handle heat. (different material) Size is a matter of how broad a light source do you want and how much space do you have. Depth tends to be a byproduct of size. White or silver is a preference. I don't like silver because I feel the silver creates a cold light. Silver is however going to be a bit brighter white looses a little light. Your answer lies within those choices.
Thanks Eli Sloves and THANKS for subscribing. I use a plain black marble - you could use a cats eye - but I think it is easier to see the catchlight on the solid color.
Nice video. Can you do a comparison video for different placements of the soft boxes/octaboxes and in which situation which angle can give the better results?
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The trick with the marble is soooo cool Joe. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it Robert Mullan! I appreciate the comment!
Hands down you are in my opinion the “BEST” portrait photographer !
Hi Joe it is so refreshing to have someone that is down to earth about light modifiers. As most so called professional photographers try and convince us that the well over priced parabolic reflectors are the way to go. I like many other photographers use the normal softboxes and umbrellas with great effect as you have said in this video you do not need to spend large amounts of money to achieve the same effect. I look forward to all of your videos.
Your annotated examples were extremely useful. Thanks!
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I like your style and videos, straight to the point. Best video of showing how modifiers work without putting the viewer to sleep.
Thanks Stephen Cutajar and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
Cool and useful video Joe!
Thanks for all the information. Also, your delivery is great.
Thank you Philip Cunio! I really appreciate the kind words!
I saved this as a point of reference for later.
Thanks for uploading
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Subscribed just because of that fact that I can watch your videos at 1.5x and still understand all your saying. Considering your content is already straigh to the point and therefore short... With the speedboost I'm devouring content.
Your channel is a whole course. Nice work.
Thank you 4CardsMan! I really appreciate the kind words!
Another smash, great video Joe!!
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This video must be a greatest tutorial for the beginner who is new to flash modifier selection
I just spent over an hour watching your useful and easy understand tutorials! Thank you for the great tips and knowledge.
You're very welcome Skye Chang! But... only an hour? You have more videos to watch! 😎😎😎
The marble trick!!!!! Genius!!!!!!!! Portraits are all about catchlights in my opinion (mainly because watching them is an easy way to tell if your lights are in the ballpark).
And to think, if Tim Berners-Lee hadn’t invented the World Wide Web you wouldn’t be able to share it and I would never have learned it. Thanks Joe and Tim-nice teamwork.
LOL Chet Arthur ! Glad you found it useful. Thank you so much for the kind words and comment!
Joe you're a legend. Without doubt one of the most insightful photographers out there on You Tube. Thank you!
Thanks George Doumani and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
I stumbled upon your channel today and I have to say, I can't believe I have gone this long without your tutorials! You are well spoken and easy to understand. You also don't waste a ton of time getting into the videos and describing what you have listed in your description. You have earned a fan. Thank you for your help
I really liked the tip using a marble to see how the catch light will look.
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This is what taking about and you have helped me make a better choice for my needs.thx you so much Mr Joe ....
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Joe, you are amazing at getting to the point and you make your videos easy to follow!
Thanks for the feedback hom296! I really appreciate the kind words!
I am just setting up my home studio (not new in photography, but new in interior lighting) and this is the best I found on youtube on the subject. And what helps of course is your pics are pro grade. Thanks!
Thanks LYSYSTUDIOS and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride! If you are setting up a home studio - be sure to watch this video: ruclips.net/video/cggfTPIQcHs/видео.html
Many thanks Joe, I have seen that one already. May I have a question? I also want to try some shooting on the film and I am wondering whether I should get a flash meter, or I can just use the digital camera with the respective ISO etc. to see if the picture is good enough and then shoot with a film camera. Would you have any thoughts about that? I haven't tried myself yet, wondering if it's worth the hassle.
Flashmeter for sure LYSYSTUDIOS. I just think it will be more accurate and consistent - not to mention switching back and forth between cameras and mediums is inviting disaster.
Thanks, I thought so, but I had two professional photographers telling me they can shoot film with strobes without a flashmeter. Didn't see their photos coming out of sessions like this though, so cannot tell whether they are ok or not...
Well LYSYSTUDIOS - I can set exposure without a light meter. Basically anyone can if they understand the math and physics of strobes and light - but that doesn't mean I would want to or find it practical or totally reliable. So can they? It's possible - but I'll bet they aren't on a regular basis unless they never move their lights.
Joe, I often come back to your videos and watch them over and over again. I like your refined approach (cutting the fat) and providing a clear and proven knowledge, style, and techniques in all of your video. I also appreciate you have the budget minded photographers in mind and such approach is humbling; gears are important, but experience through practice and dedication can't be substituted. Keep up the good work Joe!
I've got to agree with John, you're making some of the best photography tutorials out there Joe. Thanks for all the hard work, and thought that goes into making them. It's really appreciated.
I sincerely appreciate the kind words Randell John! Glad to have you along for the ride!
Awesome tips! Thanks, Joe!
Glad you enjoyed it Alexandre Lima! I appreciate the comment!
Very informative!! Thanks Joe
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Excellent presentation - you put other channels to shame. Thanks for the wealth of information :)
Thanks for making this video! I find it way easier to understand than reading a blog post or an article.
LOL, are you awsome. I love your way to share! I think that this video is great and essential for beginners (and entusiastic) photographer like me. Thanks, added to my "very favorite list" and off course, shared! Greetings from Argentina (we are in winter now...)
Thank you so much for the kind words Gustavo Tobares and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
One of The most complete and easy to understand guide about lights modifier. Thanks
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Thank you for your complete instruction. Very much appreciated. I am a beginner, so this is very helpful.
Simple and informative. Another excellent video!
The few things I have learnt in my not nearly anywhere as long time as you have been doing this. Catchlights = personal preference like you say, I love: Octabox, Beauty Dish and Verticals.
Mistake I made was buying the cheaper soft boxes that don't collapse. Such a mission to transport them, you either need to spend an hour (not really but feels like it) to break down and set up, or you need to buy a bigger car to be able to transport them already set up. Because I find myself going to locations more and more lately, for corporate headshots etc. And wanting the catchlights I want means I need the softboxes not umbrellas.
But I do have 3 x shoot thru umbrellas and a silver and gold reflective as well.
A very complete video on the subject. Now I understand the catchlight thing. Thx
You're very welcome Craig Ruchman! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. I don't think this topic gets talked about enough. It took me a while before I narrowed down my favorites. For example, I like silver reflective umbrellas, but I don't like shoot through umbrellas as they usually show the umbrella's ribs in the catch lights.
Excellent run through of light diffusers - probably one of the best I've seen on RUclips - and a great tip at the end. I really look forward to seeing your videos on Saturday mornings here in Sydney.
The marble tip is great!
You're helping a lot of people Joe. Thank you very much for these videos. Incredibly well done.
Thanks Tom Kaszuba and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
Joe! You are my Hero! This was sooooooo very helpful! Thanks sooooo much!
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I recently started using a bed sheet hung on a pole with cloths pins and a bare speedlight 4 or 5 feet back and it by far the widest (& cheapest) modifier I have ever used.
Gotta love DIY Douglas H Stout! A great photographer is a great problem solver!
that was amazing.. that marble trick was really brilliant joe.
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Great video! Thanks for the very useful info:)
Glad you enjoyed it Christiana Landau! I appreciate the comment!
Thanks Joe! I love your videos
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Just loved the marble trick. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome Eduardo Araki! I am glad you enjoyed it!
You are a smart cookie Joe...thanks for sharing all the great info!
You're very welcome RetroCameraCool! Thank you so much for the kind words!
This was incredibly helpful! I am overwhelmed with all the different choices of light modifiers available, and you have helped me make a better choice for my needs. You're the man 😃
😎 Glad it helped beautyandthefoodie.com! THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
Very useful. I've passed this around to some friends who are just starting out.
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Great info. Another awesome video, as always 😉
Thank you! Virtual Warp Glad you enjoyed it!
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No, thank you. You're an amazing teacher with great enthusiasm for your craft. The things I've learned by simply watching a few of your videos baffles me. Please, never stop educating others. You make us believe we can actually successfully become what we aspire to be.
Best Video To This Theme I Have Ever Seen! Thank you so much!!!
Most useful video on YT about this particular subject (from a seasoned photog). Thanks a lot Joe!
You're very welcome maxmouche! Thank you so much for the kind words!
I just bought my first strobe and light modifiers and I am so happy I found your channel. You give great info and advice and make it all seem so simple! I can't wait to practice with your techniques. Thanks Joe!
This is the Illumination Tutorial I was looking for! Very precise,practical and clear.You won a new subscriber! Best Regards from Argentina!
Thanks Ausoldi and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
I LOVE this channel. Thank you Joe. Greetings from Mexico City.
Thank you Coolbuddy X! I really appreciate the kind words!
Great overall summary of modifiets. Joe, I love your tutorials...so much fun. I had a teacher that would say that light doesn't know or care if it is coming out of a $5K light or an inexpensive Buff one. Light is light. I photograph dogs and animals, so sturdy and widespread is my goal as they tend to move around a lot. Lately I've been doing more work outside and nothing beats just a plain cheap umbrella for speed of setup. Just have to be careful with lots of sandbags as they tend to be like sails in the wind. LOL
Thanks a lot, Joe!
Very helpful and informative. Love it!
You're welcome One-Two I appreciate the comment!
You just answered questions that I had and questions I didn't KNOW I had! Thank you SO much for making this video. 😘
Brilliant channel Joe , thanks :)
Thanks Ómar Smith and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
lots of great info here. I wish that I could see the photos side by side to compare but I learned a ton. thanks...I guess I will have to read the book I bought from you :)
Once again another great video.
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Thanks for this video Joe. I like that you are not pushing expensive modifiers. I am getting a collapsible beauty dish very soon and look forward to having fun with it! I think it cost me $50 US.
You're welcome Paul Langereis I appreciate the comment!
Simple yet effective tutorial!
Another useful video. Thank you.
Thanks for commenting MasonDixonPhoto!
Thanks. The helped me understand this stuff A LOT! Excellent presentation.
You're very welcome - -! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Very helpful. I love your channel.
The only thing is missing for me here is a side by side comparison of the end results of each modifier so we could see the differences and similarities of these modifiers on the model. Besides that, perfect.
Thanks for the kind words and suggestion Ben Harosh and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
Great video...
Speedlights and softboxes. Sure you can use your hotshoe flash with a softbox. Conversely to the popular speedlighter thinking, trying to diffuse the specular light that has been concentrated by the hotshoe flash's tiny reflector is, IMO, counter-productive. As an analogy, you COULD make tea by melting ice cubes but that would not be the most efficient way to brew a cup!
Thank you - Glad to have you as a subscriber Richard Crowe ! While I agree that ice cubes are not an efficient source for water to brew a cup of tea. If you are in the middle of a desert and want tea - the ice cubes in your cooler will be the most efficient source of water and with no electric the sun will warm the water. Speedlights serve a valuable purpose and whats great about the human race is that we are a resourceful species. All of this gear costs a TON of money. For many people - speedlights are the best choice by far to build out a lighting kit that can handle both studio and location shooting. The strobist community had proven that you just about anything you can do with a monolight - you can find a way to do it with a speedlight. Certainly - if you can afford both - go for it!
always love watching your videos. thank you for keeping it real too. too many people out there fall for the latest and greatest gizmo. its nice to hear someone of your caliber saying sometimes a cowboy studio umbrella can do the job for $21.
great vid.as far as I noticed just few ppl (tutorials, vids) mentioned about catchlights. you did it well, cool tip. thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Glad you enjoyed it spokolokofly! I appreciate the comment!
Great explanation and tips. Thank you!
You're very welcome Diego Terzano! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Just started into the adventure of Professional use of lighting; Thank you for a excellent tutorial. Truly enjoyable and informative. (thank for the product links too)
Glad you enjoyed it john bivins! I appreciate the comment! I will look forward to your results with your lights
awesome video joe! amazing information like always! I love the simplicity of your videos.
I agree with you, you dont need to spent a lot of money to handle light, if you understand it!
Thank you so much for the kind words carlos arce narvaez and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride!
Another great vid, Joe! I'd love to see a follow up with snoots and the more directional light modifiers.
Be well and keep up the great vids!
Stay tuned Dennis Ruzeski ! They are coming after I get through the speedlight videos.
Great video !! Thank you for everything
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Thank you! Nobody ever shows pics of what the diff in lighting looks like.
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Great vid as per usual ...i like the way your rings change hands when holding the umbrella during intro ...lol ..artistic editing im sure ...
Ssssh Richard Morris ! Your not supposed to notice that! :-) Glad to have you as a subscriber!
+Joe Edelman wouldn't miss your vlogs for the world ..cant wait to get my fix of Joe each week ...keep up the great work...you are in my top 3 subs...great stuff
I will work hard to stay there Richard Morris !
Thanks for the videos, they're clear and concise. It's worth mentioning that modest softboxes are no longer that expensive. I have a Neewer 32x32" spring-steel framed softbox that included an S style speedlight mount for about $40 USD. It's silvered inside and includes both the primary and secondary (interior) diffuser. Is it as robust as a studio box? Let's not be silly, but it is functional and useful on a budget.
U're a good man... Thank You for your kindness....,
Glad you enjoyed it Andy JS! Thanks for the kind words!
This is one of the better videos on the subject! Keep up the great work Joe!
Will you be doing a video on lighting ratios?
Would love to hear your point of view on whether to use a flash meter when using speedlites vs using the camera to gauge the exposure.
Thanks Don Lefresne and THANKS for subscribing - great to have you along for the ride! I will be discussing rations and meters. A little preview - I rarely use a flash meter and pay no attention to ratios - I work visually - But I will dig into it in a future video.
All of your videos are very helpful. I am no portrait shooter but from time to time get asked to do a head shot. The thing I am most interested in, is that I have been looking at photography videos on uT for a long time (10 years? ), how is it that I only came upon your channel this week? What is it about the uT algorithms that do this ??? PS, I am headed back to Olympus cameras for one feature that no one else has and that is composite live view... as you demonstrated with light Sabre portrait lighting in the WWPI video from last year. This is an indispensable tool for water flow with filters. I appreciate that you are educating and not preaching or selling. /dL
Awesome Dennis Linden! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Have you subscribed to the channel yet?
Great video sir learned a lot.
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Super Joe. Well done!
Thank you Fergus Cooper! Glad you enjoyed it!
Love hearing that tagline at the end of every video!
Great video. Thank you very much.
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Marble tip is a good one.
Thank you Sedric Beasley! Glad you enjoyed it!
Shalom big man. Top tips appreciated.
You're very welcome James Dobbs! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Joe Edelman appreciate the reply. :)
Very informative as usual. I guess photographers are the only people who zoom in on pics to check the catchlights. I do outdoor shoots with families, models and animals. I use a shoot through umbrella and a beauty dish on my Godox AD200 as setting up a softbox takes me too long
Thank you! Very encouraging too.
You my dude Joe. Gonna donate to the channel.
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Thnx Joe for your videos. Appreciate your explanations very much !! Shabat Shalom
Thank you for the kind words Nissan Bakish !
Well spoken Joe!
Perfect video series. Great concise information about modifiers.
I have one question regarding Parabolic reflectors. How does the light compare to other modifiers?
Thanks for the tutorial sir
Hi Joe great video, I actually have an umbrella with a dark backing and a diffuser
Can't wait for USA to swap to metric system.
As always, many thanks for the time and effort on making these videos; they are very helpful.
Exactly what I was looking for.
Love the marble tip :-)
Glad you enjoyed it KimByrne07! I appreciate the comment!
Great... Very handy..
But you probably have some statistics from a long career, right? From these statistics, what modifier you use the most? That would really help me out in making my decision..
I am planning to go with the first purchase and I think that I am going to get 2 rectangular softboxes first. Then will step up by getting a big octabox for head shots.. What do you think?
Finaly this is what i was looking. This will make it more easy for me to start building what i need to shoot . Very well done. Quick question for a softbox, since there are so many makers of this tool, what should i be looking for at the begening for continiuous light and using a speedlight, i mean what makes a softbox better than another one (always in the same sishpe and size) is it the depth, white or silver inside...
iamthismoment Thank you for the kind words and for subscribing. Your question is not a simple answer. If your continuous lights are hot - you need a box designed to handle heat. (different material) Size is a matter of how broad a light source do you want and how much space do you have. Depth tends to be a byproduct of size. White or silver is a preference. I don't like silver because I feel the silver creates a cold light. Silver is however going to be a bit brighter white looses a little light. Your answer lies within those choices.
Very enlightening. Like the marble trick. Should I use a cats eye one?
Thanks Eli Sloves and THANKS for subscribing. I use a plain black marble - you could use a cats eye - but I think it is easier to see the catchlight on the solid color.
Great video !!! Thanks !
Nice video. Can you do a comparison video for different placements of the soft boxes/octaboxes and in which situation which angle can give the better results?
Great video thanks for sharing your expertise
You're very welcome Mark Andersson! Thank you so much for the kind words!