Using Off-Camera Flash for Outdoor Portraits

In this video I'll be showing you how to use an off-camera flash to shoot outdoor portraits. I will be using different settings to balance the ambient light and flash exposure, which will result in different types of dramatic looking shots.
This video is from our Off-Camera Flash for Beginners Course, which has 33 videos and 4 hours of video content. You can access the full course using the link below:
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[@MartinV.]

cool

[@steveolesen8033]

Using a light meter would have made this so much easier...it took forever to get the right exposure with test shot after test shot

[@piixelworld]

Nice explanation by the author. But it shall be made clear to the viewers that ambient is either cloudy or during dawn or dusk

[@guyphoto9437]

Waayy too much specular highlights and contrast. She needed a makeup artist to dust the sweat on her so that she didn't "glisten." Dramatic is subjective, to me the dramatic shot(s) would be trashed.

[@CreativePadMedia]

Yes, you're right about that. The main issue I would say isn't about the make up. It's because the soft box I am using is too small, so the lighting is harsh. That causes all the problems you pointed out. Because I was using a V860, it isn't powerful enough to be used with a larger softbox nor does it fill the surface area of a larger softbox, which would have made the light more flattering and softer. If I had something like a AD 400/600 with me, I could have used a larger softbox. But this course (that this video is a part of) is designed for beginners and therefore my focus was more on the technical side of things from the point of view of using an OCF and not so much on the aesthetics of the final shot. I do plan to create another video with a stronger light and a larger modifier.