TWO-LIGHT Flash Portrait Tips

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  • čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
  • Tips for two-light flash portraits, including how to separate your subject from the background. Also, add interest to your background with gels and reflective material. Plus, how to emphasize your subject's figure. And of course, how to use your second light for basic fill lighting.
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Komentáře • 157

  • @raycliks429
    @raycliks429 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I love how adding a separation light also changed the color of the models dress!

    • @edverosky
      @edverosky  Před 9 měsíci

      I'd like to say it was a clever use of gels...

  • @ngaimingyee2970
    @ngaimingyee2970 Před 4 lety +12

    Ed, I've watched a few of your videos, and you're an absolutely superb tutor. Your presentations are well organized, clear, and cover topics thoroughly. We learners appreciate you!

  • @karanarora9437
    @karanarora9437 Před 3 lety +2

    And props to you for not complicating stuff with technical terms and expensive flashes, light stands, softboxes, umbrellas and whatnot. Amazing piece of content. Straight to the point and lots to take away from this ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @NextScamdemic
    @NextScamdemic Před 5 lety +15

    Your content is gold. I love that you know how to get great results using the same umbrella and flash I have.

  • @ajaxrodriguez8956
    @ajaxrodriguez8956 Před 5 lety +8

    This is the first video of yours I've seen. I like your no nonsense and getting straight to the point. You covered many examples in 10 minutes. Thank you.

  • @siamakpoursabahian539

    You're an amazing instructor. So much content in a 10 minute video that is so easy to follow.

  • @alexis1959
    @alexis1959 Před 4 lety

    After all these years and I keep returning to your books and video. Thank you for the great content!

  • @patrickb4321
    @patrickb4321 Před 4 lety

    This is amazing work in so little time. No BS! Thank you.

  • @fffffffggggg11111
    @fffffffggggg11111 Před 5 lety

    This is fantastic, thanks for explaining things so clearly.

  • @bertsteenbergen6729
    @bertsteenbergen6729 Před 5 lety

    Very instructive and filled with a lot of information giving me inspiration. Thx!!!

  • @indrajitadvani3742
    @indrajitadvani3742 Před rokem

    Really excellent, Ed. Thank you

  • @wesbaynham1634
    @wesbaynham1634 Před 3 lety

    Wow, super helpful and simply explained. I really appreciate you posting these videos.

  • @fintanmctiernan8284
    @fintanmctiernan8284 Před 5 lety

    Very simple uncomplicated video with terrific explanation, well done.

  • @gentlegnt
    @gentlegnt Před 4 lety

    OUTSTANDING video and samples of shots you have made. University level tutorial. So grateful. Thanks so much.

  • @EvigPoesi
    @EvigPoesi Před rokem

    Really good! I like the way you explain stuff.

  • @alainrakotomanana7833
    @alainrakotomanana7833 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for sharing. I tend to you only one option when shooting on location. Thanks to you I realize now that I can actually use few of them any time.

  • @Mared83
    @Mared83 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for the great, simple and straight forward video.

  • @rosssayer6524
    @rosssayer6524 Před 4 lety

    Really helpful for someone just starting with off camera flash, thanks for sharing your knowledge

  • @AdamJonesPhoto
    @AdamJonesPhoto Před 3 lety

    Best photography tutorial channel on here.

  • @wemimoajibola782
    @wemimoajibola782 Před 2 lety

    lovely and well articulated tutorial

  • @utpalchakravarty8710
    @utpalchakravarty8710 Před 5 lety +1

    You did an excellent job of explaining in a very simple language and simple light set up..... Going to try out all these techniques tonight... Thanks a lot..

  • @silvinaslatopolsky2121

    Thank you for explain SO clear all the concepts. Great tutor!!!!! Looking forward to continuing watching some more

  • @findermanimages
    @findermanimages Před 2 lety

    First video of yours that I have watched. Have to say, that it was fantastic, informative, concise and to the point. Great delivery of subject matter and content. Will now look through others in your library. Thank you.

  • @BlueprintsForHeadaches
    @BlueprintsForHeadaches Před 3 lety +1

    Great video man ! This is exactly what I needed to learn.

  • @shibin912k
    @shibin912k Před 2 lety

    Such a wonderful explanation without unnecessary confusing information...this is how people should do tutorials

  • @andrewkeating8952
    @andrewkeating8952 Před rokem

    Really helpful video - many thanks 🙏

  • @d-mack8110
    @d-mack8110 Před 5 lety

    Ed this video is AWESOME!

  • @JojoDineros
    @JojoDineros Před 4 lety

    Thank you Ed! This is so helpful. Good job.

  • @hmahmood
    @hmahmood Před 3 lety

    i learned more in 10 minutes watching this video then 20 others combined - thanks so much!

  • @karanarora9437
    @karanarora9437 Před 3 lety

    One of the best videos on using 2 speedlights

  • @ki6ada2005
    @ki6ada2005 Před 4 lety

    I have waken up in the middle of night thinking about these ideas. Thank you for the videos..

  • @maf3695
    @maf3695 Před 5 lety +2

    Very good stuff! It will help me when I try flash photography

  • @marcthibault8723
    @marcthibault8723 Před 5 lety +2

    Another good one ed! Thanks! 👍😉

  • @Justcris___
    @Justcris___ Před 4 lety

    This was amazing. Definitely subscribed! Thanks brother!

  • @bendelaughter
    @bendelaughter Před 5 lety

    You sir, are an excellent photographer. Thank you for the awesome video.

  • @lydiacodding9308
    @lydiacodding9308 Před 3 lety

    THANK YOU! This was tremendously helpful. What am amazing video for someone like me, just learning.

  • @judesonataisi4503
    @judesonataisi4503 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful video. Very explanatory. Thank you so much

  • @DrWasim
    @DrWasim Před 2 lety

    Amazing video. Thank you!

  • @SanjayJoshi-ls3bj
    @SanjayJoshi-ls3bj Před 3 lety

    This is a very nice video. You have demonstrated use of two Speedlights to create different effects in just over 10 mimutes. Thanks for sharing !

  • @nitinh2499
    @nitinh2499 Před 3 lety

    Great info! Thank you for sharing these tips 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @marcusgarrison288
    @marcusgarrison288 Před 4 lety

    Wow... again! I have to say. I watch hundreds of videos on photography just filling myself up with as much info and education as I can. So, again, I REALLY like your style Ed. Straight to the point, simple, REAL, there is no "Bla bla bla..." going on AT ALL! You go STRAIGHT to the point, show amazing examples and get it done. VERY nice! Thank you again. I like how just in a few seconds you describe WHY you would use the lighting set up in a way that you show. THAT's important to me. A lot to people will explain it all but they don't tell you "why" or "when" you would use a certain technique. Thank you again Ed! Keep em coming!

  • @Zainphotography
    @Zainphotography Před 3 lety

    loved it. You're a really good teacher.

  • @Casualfulltime
    @Casualfulltime Před rokem

    Really well explained.

  • @AlexanderSogliero
    @AlexanderSogliero Před 2 lety

    So very helpful. We’ll spoken and said, you’re a master sir thank you 🙏

  • @RS-Amsterdam
    @RS-Amsterdam Před 5 lety

    Simple adequate and no nonsense! Ed is King like always

  • @jonmcross7154
    @jonmcross7154 Před 3 lety +2

    I learned a ton from this video.

  • @user-jw2sc2sh6k
    @user-jw2sc2sh6k Před 2 lety

    Very informative without edited images shown. Keep it up!! Tnx

  • @smalltalk.productions9977

    thanks for the effort and the sharing. thumbs up.

  • @patrickmcmullen1190
    @patrickmcmullen1190 Před 5 lety +4

    This is IT in a nutshell! Great video Ed. I have collected so many videos that force me to over analyze, but this is really to the point. I have a similar sized main light modifyer (deep dish parabolic 36") I just noticed that since you're putting it fairly high up and pointing downward (which is mimicking the natural sun's position), that i really don't need a larger one for full body portraits because it is close to the subject yet covering her due to it's angle, not it's distance away.

  • @samitahkokorpi2432
    @samitahkokorpi2432 Před 3 lety

    Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much

  • @ykramtrailadventure1508

    giving me inspiration. Thx!!!
    Ed Verosky

  • @MKB0720
    @MKB0720 Před 5 lety

    Love your lighting videos, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and creativity.

    • @edverosky
      @edverosky  Před 5 lety

      Very much appreciated, Madeline. Thanks!

  • @CarmenFalkenburg
    @CarmenFalkenburg Před 3 lety

    Loved this,

  • @MrRalboi919
    @MrRalboi919 Před 4 lety

    This guy is a real teacher, nothing fancy just simple proven methods ! Thank you for the tips !

  • @barkyvonschnauzer2188
    @barkyvonschnauzer2188 Před 3 lety

    Thanks Ed

  • @MaximuS121000
    @MaximuS121000 Před 4 lety

    Great! Thank you for the good tips...

  • @juanolave104
    @juanolave104 Před 2 lety

    Thanks Great info!

  • @tmewborn1
    @tmewborn1 Před 8 měsíci

    Hi Ed, Thank You so much for these Video's. This one is really a good one for me to learn from, it covers a lot of questions I have as I try to advance from one light to two or more. Currently I use a black back ground, and th separation explanation is very good one to help me understand this concept. I have watched a lot of Your Video's & some of them more than once. You're the man when it comes to teaching Portrait Photography. Really appreciate Your imparting Your knowledge to us. Otherwise I would be in the dark on learning & enjoying my small Home studio. Thanks very much.

  • @dyarbrough6166
    @dyarbrough6166 Před 5 lety

    Excellent!!! Thank you.

  • @markharris5771
    @markharris5771 Před 5 lety +5

    I don’t know anyone who makes lighting 'real' as good as you do. You have a phenomenal ability to take all these styles and techniques of lighting and making them so easy to understand. Even when discussing the complex theories of light you make it simple and yet you never patronise your viewer. It always feels like you are having a one to one conversation with your viewer.
    Then you do it all with very real gear, speedlights and Godox lights, kit many of us have or can afford. No Profoto or Broncolor, no massively expensive modifiers, but stuff those of us with an basic studio setup will have or recognise. I don’t resent anyone having success and reinvesting that success into gear, but it’s also good to see someone with a "this is all I need" attitude.
    I think it’s this ability to communicate, whether it’s teaching or debating that makes your channel compulsory viewing...that and the fact you come across as one of the good guys on CZcams.

    • @edverosky
      @edverosky  Před 5 lety +2

      It's fun to watch the guys with the high-end gear do their thing, but I agree, we've got to show how the rest of us can do it. Thanks so much for your encouraging comments, Mark. I hope you're doing well.

    • @markharris5771
      @markharris5771 Před 5 lety

      Ed Verosky I agree it’s fun watching those with top gear such as lights and Hasselblads, and there’s some great photographers who have earned that gear. However, I’m sure how that translates for the person who have just got their first 'real' camera and wants to learn how to use artificial lighting. Your tutorials make sense for that newbie right through to professionals.
      I’m really good at the moment thanks Ed, hope you are too.

    • @WatchThatFirstStep
      @WatchThatFirstStep Před 5 lety

      Soooo.... you WOULDN'T spend $800 on a 76Ws Profoto speedlight?

    • @markharris5771
      @markharris5771 Před 5 lety

      Chuck L Definitely not, when spending that sort of money I have to ask myself do I really want or need to? I shoot mainly landscape and wildlife and only set up a studio when I'm not well enough to go out. I never, under any circumstances photograph people, except my grandchildren and headshots for the charity I give all my digital prints to. Even then the grandchildren aren’t posed studio shots, but taken on days out etc. So my only reason to buy them would be to say I have them and they wouldn’t bring anything to my photography.
      If I was a high end fashion or wedding photographer travelling light, I can certainly see a reason and value for using them there. Even if you’re an amateur who wants that "perfect" light I can see value in the investment. My studio work is still life taken for my own amusement. I don’t set my studio up more than a few times a year, as my health is deteriorating and the lad who used to do the physical setting it up has moved on, it’s getting fewer and fewer. I’d rather spend that sort of money on a couple of PE lenses for my Bronica. Artificial light does fascinate me, especially when there’s people like Ed to lead the way. However, I much prefer my wildlife and landscapes photography and would rather make that level of investment there. Or better still, buy myself a couple of decent enlargers to replace my 35mm B&W one I have now, I could definitely find value there.

  • @paul.arevalo
    @paul.arevalo Před 11 měsíci

    Superb! I only have two strobes and was thinking about getting a clamshell reflector but based on this video I don't need it anymore! I will use my lantern light as the "clamshell for the same effect!

  • @atanudutta817
    @atanudutta817 Před 4 lety

    Nicely Explained. Love the way you narrate each technique. Thank you very much.

  • @focus1ist
    @focus1ist Před 4 lety +1

    Thx! Learned a lot

  • @XyanGuitar
    @XyanGuitar Před 2 lety

    Very helpful!!

  • @CherryandTrevor
    @CherryandTrevor Před 3 lety

    Great tips 👍🏼

  • @dosam_6146
    @dosam_6146 Před 4 lety

    You’re the best! 💜

  • @rastakilla718
    @rastakilla718 Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent lesson

  • @dipaksuthar3762
    @dipaksuthar3762 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice information

  • @GreenRC24
    @GreenRC24 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent video!!

  • @jmich5123
    @jmich5123 Před 4 lety

    Very cool, thank you!!

  • @xeo98.98
    @xeo98.98 Před 5 lety +1

    Your work comes with double bonus for me. as English learner the clean ,perfect explained way you give its gold ! Thank you Maestro !

  • @dexearth2462
    @dexearth2462 Před 2 lety

    Thank you sir!

  • @MounirSabriPhotography

    big thanks for you i learn a lot from you, big hello from Morocco

  • @olivetree734
    @olivetree734 Před 3 lety

    So good
    🙏

  • @peterkaltoft8032
    @peterkaltoft8032 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for the instructions, really helpful.

    • @edverosky
      @edverosky  Před 5 lety +1

      I’m glad it’s been helpful! Thank you!

  • @mahdimojiry3939
    @mahdimojiry3939 Před 4 lety

    Thanks a lot. very good tutorial

  • @Wakodaf
    @Wakodaf Před 3 lety

    thank you!!

  • @richardrizzo_photography
    @richardrizzo_photography Před 5 lety +1

    great tips Ed, thank you.

  • @RickMentore
    @RickMentore Před 5 lety +3

    You made it look easy, thanks.

  • @manoharmgr8235
    @manoharmgr8235 Před 3 lety

    வீடியோ மிகவும் பயனுள்ளதாக இருந்தது மிக்க நன்றி
    இரா.மனோகர் சென்னை .
    Very useful video sir, I learned lot from it, looking forward more videos like this keep it up good work, thank you R.MANOHAR ,Chennai.

  • @armada1e
    @armada1e Před 8 měsíci

    Bruh, what…this video is 🔥

  • @maf3695
    @maf3695 Před 5 lety +1

    Watching twice in full. 😉

  • @luiscristerna1089
    @luiscristerna1089 Před 5 lety

    Excelente video, absolutamente instructivo. Muchisimas gracias!

  • @AnkurTripathi
    @AnkurTripathi Před 5 lety

    Love the way u teach ... keep up the good work

  • @LongTimeTTFan
    @LongTimeTTFan Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks a lot, Ed. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge about flash photography. Your explanation is straightforward, and the demo is very clear. The set up is relatively simple, the cost, low. The two flashes achieve do a lot. You give plenty of very good examples.
    I usually use one flash as the key light. The 2nd light is placed behind the subject, with or without gel. I place a reflector in front of the subject to reduce shadows. It works pretty well. I believe I learned this from one of your earlier vids. Very helpful. Thanks again.

    • @edverosky
      @edverosky  Před 5 lety

      I appreciate that! Thanks 🙏🏽

  • @ElBoyoElectronico
    @ElBoyoElectronico Před rokem +1

    Super helpful 💪

  • @kirbstone111
    @kirbstone111 Před 5 lety +1

    Good video thank you

  • @darkerarts
    @darkerarts Před 4 lety +1

    Fantastic video. I'm really tempted to buy a second strobe now

  • @truthsayers8725
    @truthsayers8725 Před rokem

    loving your presentation.
    you mention (at the point of emphasizing physiques) to 'experiment until you get the look that you want". this is my conundrum. i dont KNOW what look i want.
    i havent got a style of my own and not sure i have the imagination to come up with one...

    • @edverosky
      @edverosky  Před rokem

      Just play and you’ll find looks that you like. Your style just shows itself somewhere down the line. It’s not something you make, it’s something that you notice after awhile.

  • @thilinaalagiyawanna3680
    @thilinaalagiyawanna3680 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank ou very much

  • @Azeemmerchant
    @Azeemmerchant Před 2 lety

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @TheCoffeeField
    @TheCoffeeField Před 3 lety

    This is an incredibly informative and easy to follow video. I saved it to my photography playlist. Thank you. Can I get the same red background effect if I simply buy the Nikon red gels for my SB-700 speed light?

  • @salemfotografy2938
    @salemfotografy2938 Před 4 lety

    Hey thank you so much ..your tutorials are amazing and easy to understand and follow along...just bought couple of godox strobes images are deep brown and hot do you customize WB in camera or use a black and white card in one of the images?

  • @mrezahghorbani670
    @mrezahghorbani670 Před 4 lety +2

    Please tell us more set up s by two lights . I want to learn more complicated pattern.

  • @arjitmalviya3618
    @arjitmalviya3618 Před 3 lety

    holy cow... you look exactly like shekhar suman :D
    BTW brilliant tip, thanks :)

  • @rajivsrivastav7218
    @rajivsrivastav7218 Před 5 lety +1

    Plz make video tutorial on contrast ratio of key and fill light.

  • @SanjayJoshi-ls3bj
    @SanjayJoshi-ls3bj Před 3 lety

    Very nice video ! Lot of learning for a beginner photographer like me.
    I request you to make a video on how to avoid reflection of light in the Glasses while clicking a portrait of a person wearing Glasses, if you haven't already made one.
    If already made a video on the requested subject then please share the link for the same.

  • @renekelleway9343
    @renekelleway9343 Před 5 lety +1

    fantastic job, subscribed :-)

  • @MathMeertens
    @MathMeertens Před 4 lety

    Ed, thank you for your video. Did you use TTL or manual lightning? If in TTL, did you use two groups ? For every flash one group?

  • @benjamina.akwara6825
    @benjamina.akwara6825 Před 5 lety +1

    Nice one bro