5 Tips for On-Camera Flash
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- Five quick tips for on-camera flash photography. These flash tips include advice on diffusers, manual vs. TTL (ETTL, iTTL), High-Speed Sync and more.
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Thank you for your tips! Your series on On-camera Flash are the most informative and straightforward I've seen on RUclips! Solved a lot of confusion in me since other videos often involve more than two person (i.e. an assistant is there to hold a reflector) or additional equipments (i.e. light stands) which are not practical for nor relevant to amateurs like me shooting portraits outdoors with no room for extra weight and clunky gear, or simply don't prefer the "luxury" of having someone as third wheel while on a date~
Now that I have the 430EX III-RT, your cord tip actually helped me find a use for my 270EX II in the future (despite it not supporting HSS, other manual modes or native radio triggering), though it's always more handy to be able to swivel in the first place since you won't waste a hand holding something other than the camera body~
+mactopia1 -- I'm so glad you're finding these tips useful. Keep me updated on your progress.
Brilliant! Many thanks for posting the video Ed, much appreciated.
Thanks, Clive!
Great advice. Just purchased a ttl on camera flash!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I like KEEPING IT SIMPLE and you DO!!!
Thanks, Theresa!
Great material for a beginner, such as myself! Thank You for taking the time to make this video. ALL THE BEST TO YOU, ED.
Thank you!
excellent advice. Thanks!
Ed,hello I appreciate your simplicity and passion to share your professional experience in the field of photography.What most guys videos lack are practical attach,too much lecture ego and speed.Brother,I am loving every tutorial and learning each minute.Thank you.
Great tips there, thankyou, simplifies using flash, looking forward to watching more!
I've got a free flash course here: edverosky.com/flash-photography-for-headshots-and-portraits-course/
Your videos are SO helpful, thank you!
I’m so glad you like them. Thanks!
Thank you so much for making this video. I’m a beginner and this was very helpful to watch. I learned a lot.
This was an awesome explanation of HSS and I actually understood it.
Great video and commentary thanks I’m so happy I fell on your channel
Thanks! Very personal and easy to follow.
Hi Ed, new sub here. Great video about on-camera flash. I also like using the "black foamy thing" popularized by Neil Van Neikerk for providing more directionality and keeping bounced light from spilling onto the subject. Super cheap and easy.
Hello Ed, hope you are alright, thank-you Ed for those tips they was really interesting, it's good of you to share your knowledge with us, thanks again Ed take care,
+daddy4 evercool -- thank you as always!
Great tips Ed. Love your Channel and Videos!
Thanks, Johnnie!
Yes. Thank you. Best case for ttl.
Great info for a beginner. Thank you.
Hi Ed - I watch so many photography videos and you are my absolute favorite. Your videos are plainly explained without a huge "look how much I know" ego. Thanks for making me a better photographer! Tony (Milwaukee)
Thanks, Tony. I'm just a know-it-all around the house! Let me know if there's anything I can help you with down the line.
thank you, it was so useful
Well that work with an older flash I have a old Mete and I'm worried that it may burn out my Rebel XSi.
Thanks
Very helpful video, thank you!
Thanks!
Good to hear a common sense approach to on camera flash, too many “experts” ignore the skill level of their audience.
Very helpful tips.
Thanks I have learnt new things.
Ed thanks for the very helpful series for both on and off camera flash. I don't understand the thumbs down on these videos the material is very useful, presentation is excellent, the info is spot on seems some just enjoy negativity.
+Jack -- thanks, Jack!
Jack ii
Great tips. Thanks
Thank you!
Thank you! I needed a bigger flash than the built-in one on my Sony A6000 and bought a Godox TT685S. Started to page through all the videos on YT and found not one advising the use of TTL. Dozens of videos on multiple flashes, syncing multiple flashes, ad infinitum. I just needed more flash to photograph events at my church functions. Thank you for directing me to the function for which I have been looking.
Thanks you for sharing!
Ed, first of all, thank you for your awesome video. Second, please answer the following question. In a situation when shooting in broad daylight and trying to save the colors of the sky and trying to expose properly the subject and fill in shadows at the same time, how does the camera know (TTL mode) what is a proper exposure of your subject. Can it be properly done in Aperture priority mode? Is there a technique where balancing exposure compensation and flash compensation gives you good results and you would be willing to share it with us? Thanks in advance.
Thanks Ed, simply explained ....great tips...maybe I will finally venture into the realm of flash photography...
Great video. You speak so beautifully
+Ivor Putnam - it’s nice to hear that. Thank you.
Thank you great tips.
Thanks, Rube!
Wonderful thanks a lot
Can you speak to Nikon Camera settings when using the flash in TTL? I haven't found my comfort zone yet when shooting fast moving indoor events where I do want to adjust shutter for ambient light while also adjusting my DOF F stop from F2 to F8.
Thanks very very much Sir
would love to see some experiment pictures to show clear comparison if anyone have the link
Thank you
Great video! Thanks!
Thank you, Clarence
You are right I don t understand why pro keep telling get out of TTL. Too complicated for me. Thx
I don't know. I had a gig where I was photographing graduate students at a night club. I was using TTL and the photos were very inconsistent. Some looked great, others not so much. They were standing in front of a backdrop and I had to move a little each shot which is why I choose TTL but I wasn't terribly impressed with the start differences.
If it’s a fairly stationary set of shots, Manual is usually better.
Great tips. Will using TTL not make your work consistent? It makes me nervous using it, I feel comfortable using manual with my flash. But I'm not 100% confident with it. I photograph weddings.
+Alyce Piazza -- TTL is good on the move. Manual can be better if you have time and distances remain consistent.
I appreciate your enthusiasm for manual control over flash and exposure. However, in fast moving situations, including events (think on-camera flash at a wedding reception, or any time guests and other people you're documenting are moving around constantly) I'd recommend NOT ruling out ANY useful tool that can help. TTL offers you the ability to freely (and quickly) switch from direct to bounce flash and is quite good in the hands of someone who knows how to use it (and make any necessary tweaks on the fly). As for situations where the action slows down and/or you're using off-camera setups, I'd agree that manual offers more control and better consistency.
I'd recommend you stick to whatever works best for you.
Amazing photographers like Joe McNally and Roberto Valenzuela use TTL all the time so that true photographer talk is nonsense. Next thing you'll be telling me that Aperture Priority is only for amateurs. However, TTL is easily tripped up quite a lot so figuring out when TTL does a great job and when it gets confused is important. But it's good to know how to manually adjust your flash on the fly. It just takes practise (Manual flash at a wedding reception is maybe not the most ideal place for Manual flash but it can be done. TTL is the better way to go in that case. And by the way, TTL is there to give you its best GUESS as to what it THINKS the correct flash exposure is. if you don't like it, that's what Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC) is for.
I was using those near exact settings but on TTL. I was chimping like crazy and getting mixed results. I probably should have went to manual at that point. But the settings I agree with totally. I pretty much stayed in that range and was about 8-12 feet from my subjects.
what is the recovery time on some plashes?
What do I use indoors in a mma event ? Various lighting flash needed at some moments for press but no flash for the sports events allowed
I have canon T3, can you recommend me some speed light flash? Thank you!!
Speedlite 430EX III-RT, or above would be good.
Poked around your video uploads & to my knowledge I couldn't find content to help me - do you have any tips for on camera flash with a full manual flash? Will definitely implement some of the principles in this video as well. Thanks again for your helpful insight and videos!
+Patrick Pham -- Manual flash is going to work the same on- or off-camera. Set your flash (and camera) to manual mode, use a flash meter to determine camera and flash settings (mainly flash power and aperture), or just do some test shots to make those determinations. Any significant change in distance between the flash and the subject will require a change to flash power and/or aperture/ISO.
Makes sense. Appreciated Ed!
Hi Ed, thank you, very useful. Do you recommend a synch chord too instead of using the pop up flash as master slave?
Yes, I would either go with a cord or a radio trigger.
What’s ur 2022 version of these recommendations ? Thx
Hi
Which flashlight Do you recommend me to buy for my nikon d7200 for personal use?
SB-800
I have a canon 1dx dslr with sum great youngnew hss ttl like the canon version of its 600ex-rtfs with ya controller wireless as well
ur all tutorials are to the goal
I know this is an old video. I was hoping for a recommendation regarding exposure compensation (and flash compensation) when using TTL. I just searched your videos but nothing popped up. If you happen to see this, then it's a good video topic.
Greetings. Can you share the brand of the TTL cord ? Most of cords I see on sell don't allow to put external flash plug on camera again without taking cord out, which is annoying! But your seems to have socket (hot ? cold ?) on top of plug that attaches to the camera, so I assume you can stack the external flash still with the cord linked, right ? Attach cable, detach cable, attach cable, detach cable ... not very pratical when shooting ... thanks in advance !!
Hum, I think I just found one intersting product: www.amazon.com/Pixel-8000s-Camera-Cameras-Speedlite/dp/B06XHN86KZ . I saw on DP thread (www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3037801) that Canon pins config is 'compatible' with Panasonic/Olympus pins config (Canon socket has one extra pin), so should be valid for a Panasonic (FZ300), right ?
If using a canon, use a cord specifically for Canon TTL.
Ed, I've gone thru about 4 systems of flash, just plain being undecisive really. Manul, TTL, and back again. I have two manual flash units now with a trigger. After seeing this video, it's got me going again on TTL. I'm thinking of keeping one manual flash and sell the other because outdoors, just one off camera unit is enough for me, i don't really get into using backflash much anyway. Sorry for being long, but to be sure, if I'm bouncing off a wall, or using a softbox, does TTL compensate for those things? Because it's no longer directly pointed at the subject (and being diffused in soft box).
TTL as the name implies, meters flash through-the-lens, and it automatically sets the power of the flash according to the (flash) illumination coming off the scene. So, that's one of the big benefits; you can point and bounce your flash and TTL will work the way it should. Naturally, make any flash exposure adjustments as needed.
I get it Ed. Have to remember that it's the CAMERA registering the light from the flash being reflected of the subject, and not say, the wall reflecting back at the flash unit.
Super
I love the know it all people that insist their terminology is correct when it clearly is NOT... mm... I love in the beginning, Ed said, these are NOT THE ONLY FIVE TIPS just ones he thought were important and I agree with Ed. These are good useful tips. Maybe you should have your own youtube channel and let everyone know YOUR meaning of TTL which is NOT used anywhere else in the photography industry. TTL = THROUGH THE LENS. This was so hard not to reply to....
LOL! Thanks Leesa.
My pleasure!! So wish I could post a photo where I've used TTL :-)
Which diffusor is best for without shade pic
Without flash bounce
Outdoors without shade (direct sunlight)? For fill light? Can you elaborate?
When using TTL mode, how can you bounce flash off a wall and still get the correct power? You're changing the distance the light has to travel and also weakening the power because of the bounce. But the camera can't know how far away the wall is, so wouldn't you always have to manually increase the power in those circumstances?
The camera measures the flash illumination of the scene coming into the camera “through the lens” it doesn’t meter the flash source directly.
hi Ed thanks for the advice!One question though!is an attached mini softbox necessary for a wedding into a church.Will it be helpful?Because the ceiling is too high into churches
During the ceremony, I never used a flash. But for posed photos, I used off-camera flash and umbrellas, or straight on-camera flash (no mini-softbox).
@@edverosky incase someone would use in the ceremmony,which would be the better result? with the mini softbox attached or with the speedlight only?
Yiannis- racer given the openness of most churches a straight on speed light would be of the most usage unless you have the option to set up a remote flash such as a ad200 or something of the like. No real advantage to a soft box in a church setting.
@@1slkss ok!
Good info. For some reason I don't think he realizes those diffusers are on the that flash when he was talking about them. :)
question about tip no.1? whats the point of buying an External Flash if im gonna usea TTL? my nikon d5600 has a built in camera with ttl? so whats the point here?
Built in flash always is not so powerful as external
Also, the built-in flash is a smaller light source, and therefore will be more harsh than an external flash (bigger, softer light source).
Most advantages of TTL are/were obtainable with the "AUTO" modes that older units had, and they were not tied to the camera brand. Unfortunately most new units don't have AUTO modes, but there are loads of good ones on Ebay so cheap they are almost free, like $10 instead of $100s for a new one.
Anyway, re @8:46, TIP 6 : Don't buy a unit that can't both tilt _and_ swivel. Swivel lets you use ceiling bounce in portrait format, a common enough requirement
I'm watching this video because for years, I've fussed and fiddled with the off camera flash stuff outdoors. I have no assistant. It's ok in parks etc, but 99% of the time, I'm walking down sidewalks or something in an old town for fast photos. I tried the past couple times using on camera flash for that and even then it was pretty slow...things are usually fleeting. I used manual for years to because everybody says so. But I'm thinking now that using aperture priority and using on camera flash.....as long as i keep my eye on the s.speed (no high speed sync and using manual flash), i'll be ok. I think it's the best comprimise. But even so, most things are too quick, and i'll be resorting to NO flash and look for natural light from now on. Flash is still excellant indoors bounced though.
Each of us has to find their own way. Anyone who tells you that a specific way is the ONLY real "right" way should be ignored -- don't even bother arguing with them. It's you, your camera, your light (flash or not). Do whatever works for you. Sure, try my suggestions and recommendations, but only use them if they work for you. Thanks, Patrick! I enjoy reading your take on this stuff.
I've always tended to take everyone word for word on anything. Did that with oil painting for years too. I got obessesed for many years taking notes every day and condenscing them, weeding out certain things, over and over forever. Only past few months finally so sick of it all that I don't care.........good thing! 45 years of photography and still putting others before me? I should know enough that i may well be better than all those i put before me. In a way, that pessimism makes you better because you never rest on your own laurals. But time to end it all. That and just getting old! you start to leave that super ego you once had.
Oh, for sure. You sound like you're on your way to more sensible, happy creating.
Best is to shoot in Program mode with e-TTL
I love you
Ed, great video, really covers the basics of flash photography. I totally agree, TTL works wonders for events and weddings, other than the bridal portraits, where manual does work best. Although I shoot professionally, I enjoy reviewing the basics, as there is always something to learn. Marc - MarcSolomonPhotography.com
Fantastic advice - You know your stuff
Odd, in his flash photography class, the recent one, he says DON'T use TTL with on-camera flash because you are moving around.
Did I say that? Can you point me to where that appears?
i love your model, very prety women like the song!
Love the vid, but never understand why the need for music when we come to learn...just makes it hard to hear. Thank you very much!
You’re welcome. Sorry if it’s annoying. Don’t hold me to it but I think I’ve backed off of that in more recent videos.
Background music? Why?
Nice. Video.. no need the Subtitles
…and P-TTL for Pentax.
Let me try and understand this are you trying to tell me a diffuser diffuses light? cause that wouldn't make any sense?
If Barry Manilow ever gets a sore throat,,,,,,,,,,just saying 😂
Using a synch chord (tip 4) isn't on camera flash.
Hence the disclaimer, "It's not technically on the camera at this point, but it's close enough." Thanks, Ivan. Keeping me honest!
Nice Vdo, keep doing more Vdo s
I'm sorry, as soon as you said use TTL that was me finished with this video.
Very helpful video, thank you!
Thanks!