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Favorite Feature Flashes

Lesson 63 from: Lighting 101

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Favorite Feature Flashes

Lesson 63 from: Lighting 101

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63. Favorite Feature Flashes

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Chapter 1 Introduction

01:26
2

Why Just One On-Camera Flash

04:22
3

5 Reasons to Use Flash

10:37
4

Common Flash Myths

06:51
5

What Makes Flash Challenging?

04:56
6

Chapter 2 Introduction

01:36
7

Flash-Strobe vs. Ambient-Constant Light

08:19
8

Flash vs. Ambient Light Exposure

03:07
9

Flash vs. Ambient Demo

06:42
10

Flash and Ambient Balancing for Natural Effect

07:11
11

Flash and Ambient Balancing for Dramatic Effect

04:19
12

Flash and Ambient Balancing for Creative Effect

07:10
13

Understanding Flash Duration

08:37
14

Chapter 3 Introduction

01:34
15

5 Common Key Light Patterns

08:38
16

5 Common Key Light Patterns w/ Diffusion & Fill

07:42
17

5 Common Secondary Light Patterns

08:28
18

3 Primary Subject Patterns

05:27
19

Light Qualities

09:56
20

The Inverse Square Law

07:50
21

Inverse Square Law in Practice

08:21
22

Corrective White Balance

10:02
23

Creative White Balance

05:47
24

Chapter 4 Introduction

01:58
25

On Board vs. Hot Shoe Flash

05:57
26

Full Feature vs. Manual Flashes

08:59
27

TTL vs. Manual Control

08:12
28

TTL vs. Manual Recycle Times

04:43
29

Flash Power & Zoom

09:18
30

HHS vs. ND Filters

12:29
31

FCS vs. RCS

07:11
32

Chapter 5 Introduction

01:38
33

4 Tips When You Must Use Direct Flash

06:00
34

Bare Bulbing Done Right

11:42
35

Grid Snoot + Direct Flash

06:43
36

Mini Beauty + Direct Flash

06:08
37

Ring + Direct Flash

07:52
38

Understanding Modifiers

09:24
39

Direct Flash + Shutter Flash

09:07
40

Chapter 6 Introduction

01:55
41

Ambient vs. Direct Flash vs. Bounce Flash

14:27
42

Silver Bounce

14:27
43

More Light Silver

11:02
44

Soft White Bounce

15:41
45

Overhead Bounce

11:39
46

Overhead Bounce + Fill

09:42
47

Event Bounce

12:42
48

Chapter 7 Introduction

01:38
49

Natural vs. Dramatic Light

17:43
50

Filling and Refining Existing Light

08:44
51

Coloring Light for Corrective Effect

13:33
52

Coloring Light for Creative Effect

10:27
53

Chapter 8 Introduction

00:43
54

Case Study 1 - Dramatic Sunset

09:45
55

Case Study 2 - Desert Sunset

10:04
56

Case Study 3 - Sinister Headshot

09:40
57

Case Study 4 - Family Portrait

08:21
58

Case Study 5 - Athlete Portraits

11:19
59

Case Study 6 - Working Angles

07:22
60

Case Study 7 - Drag + Composite

08:09
61

Case Study 8 - Less is More

07:16
62

The Good Karma Jar

01:41
63

Favorite Feature Flashes

05:52
64

Favorite Manual Flashes

21:35
65

Favorite On Camera Flash Modifiers

21:21

Lesson Info

Favorite Feature Flashes

Our three well, this is really my three favorite full feature flashes, and really, I only have kind of two favorites I through the night down in there just for I don't know giggles is, and I want you all to know right now that my butt is exceedingly in pain, I've been sitting on this crazy, uncomfortable stool for, like, eight hours recording this. Hopefully you appreciate this workshop if you d'oh write to me and say pie, it was well worth your butt. So my three favorite full feature flashes starting out number one and the whole reason why number one, the foe takes metro's plus this guy right here, it's, former bucks and the reason that this is my favorite full feature flash is because you can get it for both cannon and nikon systems as other systems become more popular, I'm sure they're gonna develop and create a functionality for those as well, so you can get it for other systems too. But it's it's, inexpensive, I mean, compared to the other options, this option is five hundred buck...

s. This option is close to five fifty and it doesn't have as many features, so is less expensive, but also it includes a built in radio, so not only can you know most flashes like let's say the cannon arm sorry let's say the nikon s p nine ten it can control off camera flashes so long as they're within sight basically so long as it has infrared keep building has that in fred visibility with radio triggering though like say via a pocket wizard you can go out of sight you can go one hundred feet away two hundred feet away where's with infrared you're limited to say inside of a studio ten fifteen feet and you have to have line of sight now flashes like the metro's plus have a radio built in and the other great thing is that this has a radio controller built in a cz well so from the back of the flash I can control upto three other off camera flashes in addition to all of the other full features that this has I have fantastic flexibility between icon and ken systems have a cheaper price and it works very very nicely and that makes this my favorite full featured just flash in general especially talk about third party flashes now let's move to my second favorite which I would say to be honest and let's take this magma off people are going to think that the magma actually comes with the six hundred tea and it doesn't it doesn't it's a separate modifier guys this is what it looks like without it so the six hundred yaks, artie, I love this flash, and to be honest, if money weren't really a factor, I would probably say that this is well if money weren't a factor, and if you're shooting on cannon, I'd say that this is my favorite flash system because it has the same built in radio trigger, but, well, it's not the same radio trigger, but it has its own radio triggering system has its own control system, and everything on the is just a little bit more refined the entire flash of this a little more refined, but with that comes an additional one hundred dollars price tag. Now you might be saying, well, one hundred dollars, if I'm buying one flash isn't that big of a deal, but when we get in the lighting to one in lighting three oh one, when we start using two, three, four off camera flashes, well, buying for five hundred bucks ends up being four hundred dollars more than buying for at four hundred bucks, and also you need to be on a cannon system to be able to get this to work with all of its functionality and all of its features. So while this is kind of my favorite overall it's really more favorite just with no budget in consideration and kind of just thinking that we're on lee shooting on cannon if you're looking for third party, if you're looking for compatibility and you're looking for a performance in price, the meters plus is a solid option now I thrown in here the nikon s p nine ten if we were talking about this subject two years ago before the six hundred yaks aren't he came out, I would have put the nikon sb nine ten far ahead of anything that cannon had. Nikon has been really at the forefront of developing advanced flash systems for a long time, and as a canon user I've always been jealous of that nikon flashes is gonna make the cannon systems look more like expensive toys than anything else. The problem is that this hasn't been update for quite a while and with the six hundred e x artie that's come out, we now have built in radio triggering and radio control the s p nine ten has not been updated in a long time. It doesn't have those features that on lee has infrared capability, so yes, I can control ocular flashes with infrared, but there is no radio triggering system while the other features are fantastic given that it doesn't have this ability, it kind of has too high of a price tag it's a fantastic full feature flash don't get me wrong, it works incredibly well and it's more advanced than, say, cannons five eighty yaks too but it's five hundred thirty bucks and thirty, six hundred e x artie is five hundred bucks and the photo x metro's plus, which again will work on both systems, you can get different flashes. Their compound with each is only four hundred bucks, and it has a radio trigger in radio system built in so that's. Why? While I put this on this list, I kinda hesitate in recommending it. It's still a fantastic flash, but if you are shooting nikon, I would highly recommend, at least for right now either go with the metro's plus system or just wait until my khan updates usp nine ten, but don't go overloading on sb nine tens because it's been a while since they've been updated. We're waiting for nikon to put out their own radio triggering system, and I have full confidence that when they do it's going to be probably the best thing that marty was an icon. Cameras flashes are absolutely fantastic, have nothing bad to say about them, so I can't wait for that right now. Stick to these do let's head on the next video.

Class Materials

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Lighting 101 Slides

Ratings and Reviews

Sid
 

The best class for understanding light and lighting there is bar none. Pye is an excellent teacher and the quality of the material provides for a rich and very informative experience. Pye breaks down the fundamentals in easy to digest packets and then elaborates as needed. If there is one class that you watch this is it! Worth purchasing and saving for future use. I would also HIGHLY recommend downloading the saving the PDF of slides that accompany the videos. Again, and can't say it enough, this is THE BEST video to lighting on Creative Live. A must watch for the novice and the expert.

Petra
 

Great course, I highly recommend it if you want to become a more confident flash user. Pye is a wonderful instructor and just such a nice guy, it's a pleasure to listen to him

Simon Metselaar
 

This is the best thing that happened to me since I've been into photography. What a lifesaver. Unfortunately I already payed for some courses that are not Pye, but Pye just nails it. Amazing, and kind of a life hack. Thanks again :)

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