@@MarkWallaceVideos No Sir u never missed anything, I said ... Teachers like you & Gavin sir should be in every place of every country, I always hope to get learn new things, to assist photographers like you or Lindsay mam, thanks for teaching me from 10 yrs. India is very un-supported country, in India big photographers they never give chance to other learner photographers... that is why I said ... there's no teachers like you in our country. 🙂
@@MarkWallaceVideos ohh he is just unboxing youtuber... & I know the roots of every photographers from India, coz Delhi-Mumbai-Pune are main cities, so I know every ACE photographers story, I'm suffering from last 8yrs of nepotism-partialism-favoritism-bias things. take a look at him, he was huge photographer once, now he is unboxing youtuber ruclips.net/video/RssPQEUtDPI/видео.html In India no one want to struggle till end as Photographer, now every Indian knows there income in RUclips monetizing, so they all are starting RUclips channel, not with their art but with stupidity unboxing videos.
I’ve got both the white and silver PLMs; you’ll love them. Very well made. And get the diffusion and black spill kill face….extending utility /looks of the umbrellas.
Awesome video Mark love the photos keep it up I had a question on your light meter did you have to calibrate it or are using it straight out of the box thank you
I haven't calibrated it for the R5 yet (I lost my calibration target), but I did do a basic measurement and adjusted it by 1/3 stop. If you look at the screen, you can see there is an adjustment. It's similar to exposure compensation. I shot a gray card and measured values with a histogram to dial it in. When shooting RAW the post-production is very forgiving, but I like to get it as close as possible in the camera.
@@MarkWallaceVideos can you explain shooting the gray card Mark do you have it under flash or constant light natural light sunlight to measure the values to get the meter perfect with a gray card thank you sir
Excellent demonstration on how to use umbrellas and diffusers to get very good results when that's all we have. Sometimes I forget I still have mine. If I may suggest, could you add an explanation why you always fire your flash before measuring when you decrease the power. I know we do this to empty the accumulator (or condenser maybe) that was filled in after the last flash, but I'm sure not everybody knows that.
A video I'd be interested in would be a comparison between umbrella with front diffusion as used here and an umbrella softbox (basically the same thing but the light mounts at the back and shoots through). I'd imagine the umbrella gives softer less directional light due to more bounce and the umbrella softbox is not quite as soft and more directional. But would be interesting to see an actual comparison.
Concerning you poll about editing: You are good edjucator. If you can do both phootography and editing video, do so. However, If you have chosse one or the other, I strongly would prefer you contining to do photography videos.
A reflector will never be brighter than the source of the light, so you won't be able to create the same type of highlights that I created in this photo. But - you can open shadows and do some interesting things with a reflector. A silver reflector is going to reflect more light than a white reflector. You could even try using a mirror to add some highlights. ruclips.net/video/2wITtwiCkDU/видео.htmlsi=dxCZCh15LMewZrie
Hi Mark, In one of your video you have explained about meaning of “Stop” in exposure. There you have mentioned 1 Stop open/Up means double light entering and 1 Stop close/down means 1/2 the light. My question is - does this theory work while changing the power value of studio strobe? Example:- Say I have 500 watt mono light and at power 10 that light is producing 500 watt of light. Does this mean if the value is changed to 9 that light will produce 250 watt of light? Let me have your clarification on this matter.
It depends on the brand of flash. They don’t all use the same numbering system. But, generally speaking, going up or down one complete number is usually a stop. But you’ll have to check your manual to be sure. Also - not all flashes are created equal. Some are much more accurate than others. A Profoto head is going to be accurate to 1/10 stop while an Alien Bee fluctuates from flash to flash. Quality matters
@@MarkWallaceVideos Yes please make a tutorial video on it. This will definitely help photographer who are planning to buy strobe for their work. People easily gravitate towards cheaper brand strobe simply because of shoe string, but what they are actually loosing they would understand from that video. Looking forward of your future video.
@@MarkWallaceVideos Thanks for the explanation. This helped me to verify my understanding about stop. I use Profoto D2, then definitely this formula will work. Thanks for your time.
A white umbrella (instead of silver) could help. Or, you could just shoot without the diffusion panel. You'd get very similar results. If shiny skin is an issue, some powder on the skin might help, or just a bit of extra post-production to clean things up. There's also the option of using a large softbox, octobox, etc. Use what you have, and you can reproduce these results.
@@MarkWallaceVideos It doesn't look very elegant, but some plain white shower curtain cut to size and held in place with hook and loop. Or a diffusion panel. Don't tell Gavin Hoey, he might stick stuff to the panel for "interesting" effects.
Fantastic!! 👏 🖤
awww, Thanks Emily!!!! That means a lot
I do like it when you use unedited images. It lets me know what my gap is in photography skills versus editing skills.
Nice to see you back on these educative videos. Thank's for sharing!
Thanks Jaime! More to come!
Beautiful 🥰
Mark! Always loved your videos. Studio lighting is my favorite.
Awesome, thank you!
Beautiful portrait of a beautiful model
Thank you so much 😀
Excellent portrait, I have to do at home. Thanks Mark and the Model!
Many thanks!
Sweet!! Good refresher course for personal work, or business. I want thank Mark, model, and team for another great video.
Selamat pagi kawanku. Terimakasih sudah berbagi video ini. Ijin menyimak kreasinya👍
Terima kasih banyak telah menonton!
Great video as usual ... I wonder if you could make a video on Hollywood glamour lighting, probably by using speedlights . Thank you so much.
Great suggestion!
Great work Mark.
Thank you! Cheers!
I have to do some research and may do something by fall or spring. Thanks for the tips.
just smooth... & teacher I missed at our region
Thanks Vikrant. Did I miss your region? I don't understand. :)
@@MarkWallaceVideos No Sir u never missed anything,
I said ... Teachers like you & Gavin sir should be in every place of every country, I always hope to get learn new things, to assist photographers like you or Lindsay mam, thanks for teaching me from 10 yrs. India is very un-supported country, in India big photographers they never give chance to other learner photographers...
that is why I said ... there's no teachers like you in our country. 🙂
What about youtube.com/@pixelviilage
@@MarkWallaceVideos ohh he is just unboxing youtuber... & I know the roots of every photographers from India, coz Delhi-Mumbai-Pune are main cities, so I know every ACE photographers story, I'm suffering from last 8yrs of nepotism-partialism-favoritism-bias things.
take a look at him, he was huge photographer once, now he is unboxing youtuber ruclips.net/video/RssPQEUtDPI/видео.html
In India no one want to struggle till end as Photographer, now every Indian knows there income in RUclips monetizing, so they all are starting RUclips channel, not with their art but with stupidity unboxing videos.
Was thinking about getting a Paul C. Buff PLM umbrella ( with my Elinchrom lights 🤫) . Trying this set up. Thanks.
That sounds like a good plan! Those big umbrellas are a lot of fun
I’ve got both the white and silver PLMs; you’ll love them. Very well made. And get the diffusion and black spill kill face….extending utility
/looks of the umbrellas.
@@tommynikon2283 thanks for the feedback! The power of community!
My favorite modifier !
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video Mark love the photos keep it up I had a question on your light meter did you have to calibrate it or are using it straight out of the box thank you
I haven't calibrated it for the R5 yet (I lost my calibration target), but I did do a basic measurement and adjusted it by 1/3 stop. If you look at the screen, you can see there is an adjustment. It's similar to exposure compensation. I shot a gray card and measured values with a histogram to dial it in. When shooting RAW the post-production is very forgiving, but I like to get it as close as possible in the camera.
@@MarkWallaceVideos can you please make a calibration video that would be awesome thank you very much sir 📸
@@MarkWallaceVideos can you explain shooting the gray card Mark do you have it under flash or constant light natural light sunlight to measure the values to get the meter perfect with a gray card thank you sir
Excellent demonstration on how to use umbrellas and diffusers to get very good results when that's all we have. Sometimes I forget I still have mine. If I may suggest, could you add an explanation why you always fire your flash before measuring when you decrease the power. I know we do this to empty the accumulator (or condenser maybe) that was filled in after the last flash, but I'm sure not everybody knows that.
Excellent suggestion. I'm adding it to my list of videos to film.
A video I'd be interested in would be a comparison between umbrella with front diffusion as used here and an umbrella softbox (basically the same thing but the light mounts at the back and shoots through). I'd imagine the umbrella gives softer less directional light due to more bounce and the umbrella softbox is not quite as soft and more directional. But would be interesting to see an actual comparison.
Concerning you poll about editing: You are good edjucator. If you can do both phootography and editing video, do so. However, If you have chosse one or the other, I strongly would prefer you contining to do photography videos.
Thanks for the feedback! Yes, the photography videos will always be first, they aren't going to be replaced by editing tutorials
I only own one strobe with an umbrella and diffuser can I use a reflector as a kicker to fix up shadows ?
A reflector will never be brighter than the source of the light, so you won't be able to create the same type of highlights that I created in this photo. But - you can open shadows and do some interesting things with a reflector. A silver reflector is going to reflect more light than a white reflector. You could even try using a mirror to add some highlights. ruclips.net/video/2wITtwiCkDU/видео.htmlsi=dxCZCh15LMewZrie
Thanks for the description of what you changed and why. I hate "I shot this at F/8, 1/250 second". My response is, "Why?".
Great work, may i ask what is the name of the 2 lights ? Thanks
@@aliwarsama225 all the gear is tagged in the description of the video. 🙂 just click and you can get all the info.
You can also see the lighting gear here www.amazon.com/shop/jmarkwallace/list/1OVMBII1DF902
Hi Mark,
In one of your video you have explained about meaning of “Stop” in exposure.
There you have mentioned 1 Stop open/Up means double light entering and 1 Stop close/down means 1/2 the light.
My question is - does this theory work while changing the power value of studio strobe?
Example:-
Say I have 500 watt mono light and at power 10 that light is producing 500 watt of light.
Does this mean if the value is changed to 9 that light will produce 250 watt of light?
Let me have your clarification on this matter.
It depends on the brand of flash. They don’t all use the same numbering system. But, generally speaking, going up or down one complete number is usually a stop. But you’ll have to check your manual to be sure. Also - not all flashes are created equal. Some are much more accurate than others. A Profoto head is going to be accurate to 1/10 stop while an Alien Bee fluctuates from flash to flash. Quality matters
This sounds like a great topic for a future video.
This is an older video, but worth watching: ruclips.net/video/4pQaNC0C1os/видео.htmlsi=MftlOSUApjNwxt6y
@@MarkWallaceVideos Yes please make a tutorial video on it. This will definitely help photographer who are planning to buy strobe for their work. People easily gravitate towards cheaper brand strobe simply because of shoe string, but what they are actually loosing they would understand from that video. Looking forward of your future video.
@@MarkWallaceVideos Thanks for the explanation. This helped me to verify my understanding about stop. I use Profoto D2, then definitely this formula will work. Thanks for your time.
Why do you have a transmiter if you set the strobes manually ?
@@franciscogranadeiro604 it’s a lot faster to just turn the dial on the light.
3:54 is there an alternative if one doesn’t have a modifier?
A white umbrella (instead of silver) could help. Or, you could just shoot without the diffusion panel. You'd get very similar results. If shiny skin is an issue, some powder on the skin might help, or just a bit of extra post-production to clean things up. There's also the option of using a large softbox, octobox, etc. Use what you have, and you can reproduce these results.
@@MarkWallaceVideos It doesn't look very elegant, but some plain white shower curtain cut to size and held in place with hook and loop. Or a diffusion panel.
Don't tell Gavin Hoey, he might stick stuff to the panel for "interesting" effects.
No body is talking our model in this video
She's a great person and terrific model. What else is there to say? :)
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