Quick Start to Off-Camera Flash with Canon Speedlites
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2013
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In this Canon-specific workshop, you will learn how to quickly create beautiful light with off-camera Speedlites. We will explore the difference between on-camera flash and off-camera flash. We'll talk about how to select camera and Speedlite settings. We will look at how to create soft light and when to use hard light. We will survey the ways to trigger off-camera Speedlites and take a close look at Canon's new radio Speedliting system. We'll also review creative lighting set-ups for one Speedlite and for multiple Speedlites.
Topics to be covered
- Why Off-Camera Flash Matters
- How to Control Your Speedlite On Your Camera's LCD
- Flash Modes: When to Use ETTL, When to Use Manual
- Sync Speeds and Sync Modes: 1st-Curtain, 2nd-Curtain, and High-Speed
- Creating Soft Light, Creating Hard Light
- Where to Position Your Speedlite
- Off-Camera Triggers: Cord, Optical, and the New Radio System
- Set-ups for Creative Lighting with One Speedlite
- Set-ups for Creative Lighting with Multiple Speedlites
This is a fast-paced presentation that will quickly introduce you to the essential skills you need to know for creating great light with your Canon gear. You are encouraged to bring your DSLR and Canon Speedlite so that you can follow along with the how-to demonstrations. Attendees will go home with Syl's new 24-page booklet that covers the main points of the presentation. - Věda a technologie
I've watched this video several times...........it's always good to get back to basics (which is where I always stay).
Easily the best guide to Speedlite photography on the net.
im only 1/2 way through and this is the BEST beginner flash video so far... and ive watching like 30!
Thank you soooo much :)
We are glad you like and find value in our presentations. Thank you for watching.
Syl is my favorite B&H presenter. I thank you very much for having him once again.
Thanks for your request - there has been great interest in this, so we are trying to make this available.
By far the most informative video on CZcams about OCF using speedlites. Thank you Syl and B&H.
We are working on it - thanks for your patience!
Just watched this video and found it an excellent source of info. It answers a lot of questions I have had on the finer points of my Speedlite. I've read the manual but this puts it into perspective. Thanks for this one!
Thanks for your request - we are trying to make this available.
Extremely accurate and wonderful teacher. TY!
AWESOME!!!! Thank you, this really helped me out.
Thank you B+H for all the great videos. They have helped me to be a better photographer.
This video is amazing. So informative and easy to understand
Really very good staff. A perfect professor, very clear explanations.
Thank you so much to share all your knowledge with us
Thank you so so much for this video. It is very helpful!
Most welcome. Thank you for watching.
This was fantastic. I really enjoy Syl's relaxed but very informative presentation style. I just need to save up now to buy my first speedlight so that I can try out some of these techniques!
after this video I feel excited & confident
Thanks for catching that. You're absolutely right.
We certainly will, thanks.
Thank you very much Sir!!! I've learnt alot.
Terrific presentation - Thank you!
excellent lesson. thank you!
Excellent detail, must watch.
Awesome information! I learned a lot. Thank you!
I have been watching the few videos i have have found from Syl, i went in search of the store and very sad to read that the store is closed due to Syl’s being unwell :-( this was closed back in 2015, I truly hope he has made full recovery. thank you for the masses of information that I was able to draw from these wonderful videos.
Jeffrey Gray he’s lucky to be alive. He had a brain aneurysm which has a 1 out 10 survival rate.
Great video! Thanks very much B&H!
Excelente conferencia. Quedo agradecido al Sr. Syl Arena y a B&H. I don't speak English well. De todas maneras, el estilo de comunicar del Sr. Arena es pausado y muy claro. Lo suficiente para que yo pueda comprender casi todo de lo que dice. Si el video estuviera subtitulado sería fantástico.
You're a pro! thank you!!
Thanks very much, very informative .
Fantástico y todos mis respetos al Sr. Syl Arena cuando afirma en 1.27 que él no es un photoshoper, no es un retocador sino un fotógrafo. Felicitaciones! Aunque yo soy un aficionado y no tengo experiencia profesional, apoyo mucho su punto de vista.
Excellent vid. Please post the workbook for us to download.
Amazing, Amazing, Amazing.
Excellent. 📸💡
The informative Louis CK of speelites!
Great informative video.
When will the booklet "Quick Start" that was given out be available for download?
Any update on downloading the booklet?
Thanks for the great presentation.
We are striving to make this available. No E.T.A. as of yet. Thank you for watching.
Would love to download the workshop booklet that Syl refers to?
Fantastic tutorial. However I didn't quite like the shadow across her face at 17:43. I felt it was too harsh. Would a second speedlite positioned low to camera left eliminated that?
This is very helpful
Please let me know when the booklet is available.
We have reached out to Syl Arena, but no, sorry to report, no update. In the meantime please feel free to contact Syl directly at syl@sylarena.com. Thanks for watching.
Oh no, i'm only 10 minutes in and now I hear it every time lol. Pretty good talk though.
Is there any way to download a copy of the booklet that the audience was given?
There is a small correction on the Chart @ 47:00, below the ISO column it says "Slow/ Low = More sensitive" instead of "LESS sensitive".
At 1:09:28 you show a Canon 60D with an optional Speedlite mounting bracket. Which bracket is that?
Unfortunately, that is not a flash bracket in the image. While I cannot see the brand of the camera bracket, the image shows a custom L-bracket for the Canon EOS 60D mounted to the camera. The flash is connected to the camera via Syl Arena's OCF Gear Canon TTL Cable (similar to Canon's own Canon OC-E3 Off Camera Shoe Cord (2'), B&H # CAOCE3), and the flash is connected to the standard mini flash stand included by Canon with the Canon flash purchase (not listed separately, though the Vello Compact Shoe Stand for Universal Shoe Mount Accessories, B&H # VECSSU20, would be a similar option). While the image shows the flash sitting next to the camera for display purposes, as shown on the same image in the lower right-hand corner (and stated in the video), Syl Arena typically hand-holds the flash when using the TTL cable so he may position the flash as needed. However, if you would like to use a flash bracket, a few options I would recommend would be either the Custom Brackets CB Mini-RC Camera Flash Bracket, B&H # CUCBMINIRC, the Custom Brackets CB Digital-S Rotating Flash Bracket, B&H # CUCBDS, or the Custom Brackets Digital PRO-M Camera Rotating Bracket Kit, B&H # CUDPMK.
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How lucky are we now. I own a few Godox tt685c. The transmitter was 40 bucks the flashes were 110. It’s has ttl and hss. The flash themselves can be used as master or slaves if you don’t want to use transmitter you can put speedlite in hot shoe and use it as a transmitter for other flashes. If anyone is looking for a flash I highly recommend it.
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Quick note. the 6D has a sync speed of 1/180th of a second. Syl accidentally stated it was 1/200th. Just something to keep in mind for other 6D shooters watching this.
No mention of the Yongnuo YN-622 wireless ETTL system which isn't nearly as expensive as the one Syl mentions. I bought two pair of them, one on the camera and the other three on speedlights and the system works flawlessly. All four in total cost about $170, which is less than the $200 that Syl says just ONE ETTL remote costs. Get yourself the YN-622 and save yourself a lot of money and you can control many of the Canon and Yongnuo flashes wirelessly for a fraction of Canon's price.
mavfan1 he uses Canon, I also think it’s because he wanted to show the new menu system for canon speedlites on new canon cameras.
At about 47:00 you are talking about dimming the ambient by moving the shutter speed by 2 stops from 1/30 to 1/8 or moving ISO by 2 stops from 100 to 400.
If you want to dim the ambient, shouldn't you move the shutter speed by 2 stops from 1/30 to 1/125 instead as shorther shutter = less light to the sensor = darker (dimmer) image?
+Michael Scholz
After watching the video over a few times and around the 45:30-47:00 range, I believe the speaker simply misspoke when he used the term "dimming the ambient" and just went with it. You're correct though, to dim the ambient you'd need to increase the shutter time. We are sorry about any confusion this may have caused. - Yossi
Can you scan the booklet into a pdf file and then we could download it.
There is a price tag on the booklet of $5.00. Happy to pay.
Richard
I don't think my Canon Speedlite puts out the colour of noon sunlight - or anthing like it :-(
I've just bought a speedlite and now I've just bought the book, soon I'll be an expert, ha, ha, no really I hope so.
buy a flash speedlight or buy a video light, (concert photography)
what should i do
+Jørn Mulder - A flash would be more appropriate than running a constant light for the still images. Send us an email to askbh@bhphoto.com and list what specific model camera and lenses you're working with, and we can recommend some good flash options for you. - Yossi
I take it you have now realised that us concert photographers have first three songs, no flash? There are exceptions, but these are circumstantial and rare.
B and H
For 43 bucks you can get a 9’ stand, a s-mount , a swivel head and a neewer 24 softbox on Amazon. Just search Neewer 24x24 kit. It’s such a great deal. There is no metal frame to block light, the speedlite enters through the back and points out so it’s brighter then a bounce umbrella. Grab one and thank me later.
Wait a minute @ 46.25 he wants to "dim the ambient with my shutter" for 2 stops. He should be going the other way then from 1/60 to 1/120 and 1/120 to 1/200. He explains the concept wonderfully afterwards but made a mistake right there ... or am I missing something? Fantastic workshop anyway .... especially for beginners.
I want to print your Daily Sun Cycle...but it hurts my brain to see the sun rise in the West and set in the East. North is always the top of the map/page with East to the right and West to the left. Small thing to some; big to others. Otherwise, great video.
AIIIGHT?
someone count him :D
Turn on English Captions. Go to 7:48.
Very good - but don't edit out the questions.
Great video, great content, good visuals! Perfect! But please drop the "Alright?", maybe its just me but i find it distracting, "OK" works well, but the tonality of "Alright" is distracting! lol
Mark Phoenix you could chose to buy a tutorial off someone else who will teach you less then this and charge you hundreds of dollars
"alright?"
iii ia
Most welcome. Thank you for watching.