Rethinking Our Use of Godox Speedlights / A Location Shoot and its Godox Lighting Reviewed.
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- We had an opportunity to photograph a lovely young couple who had their hopes set on an outdoor engagement session. While we CAN certainly do that, our BRAND is STUDIO PORTRAITURE. In these sessions we will always carry a secondary set up ready, in case of weather issues, etc.
Because there is a preferred time-of-day to do "big scene" outdoor portraits, we started earlier at the home to capture additional images and get to know our subjects prior to our time at the primary location.
Having three Godox V1 lights with modifiers (and the powerful Godox AD300 on hand if needed), we do our best in each area to get a studio quality lighting while balancing with the natural existing light at the same time. Each area was very different.
In the park we had two lights on hand, but only NEEDED one most of the time. Using the natural light as the "base" or fill, one light in a softbox is our "Key" or main light. The natural light was soft enough where we didn't really need the reflector all that much but it was also right at hand.
Rough lighting diagrams illustrate most set-ups.
Three (3) Godox V1 Speedlights
80cm Square Godox Pop-Up Softbox
30x40 in Pop-Up translucient diffusion panel
30" Silver/Gold Pop-Up Reflector
Godox Remote Triggers
Canon 5D Mark IV
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You have confirmed our choice in portable lighting gear,,,been with Godox for 5 years now and could not be happier!
My favorite thing is when photographers are using a shoe mount flash outdoors with the head pointed up. Cracks me up every time. I watched another video of your going over the cameras. I almost cried when you talked about the Hasselblad. I used those professionally for 25 years. Then sold all my gear and went digital. Thanks for the videos.
Thank YOU!
Thanks Tim! Good stuff! I remember taking your class at Triangle, in Pittsburgh years ago!
Great Shots Tim, I too rely on Good for location shoots, even weddings, we just use two AD200s and two T685 and it's amazing what they can do. Love your series thank you.
Thanks! And thanks for watching!
Another informative video Tim. I really like the Godox products. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Tim for sharing. I truly enjoy all your videos.
Always superb content Tim. Greetings from Scotland ( again! )
Many thanks!
Great images and poses Mr Kelly! Thank you for sharing your use of the flashes and your accompanying explanations. Yes, it is very informative and truly inspiring!
Thanks again!
Great tutorial on this GodoxFlash system. I am fan of its compact size and great power.
Glad you like it!
thanks for the effort and sharing. i use a similar setup in-studio and on location. i also add the AD200 pro which is a workhorse. thumbs up.
Thanks for sharing! And for watching.
I have 600 bm, 3 ad200, and 2 v1s, love them. I only had one v1, but flash tube broke, and bought replacement while bhphoto fixed the first one
I've been fortunate (but careful too). Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing Tim. Informative video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you very much fron France
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!!
Great tutorial, Tim!
Thank you kindly!
Great video as always.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Tim.
Watching your video again. I suggest you explore raising the ISO when you need more light. It isn't like the old days of Film. It's a camera sensitivity adjustment now, and grainy results only happen when the ISO is near it's max limit. Most cameras allow setting a max stop. I set mine 2-3 sops lower that the max of the camera and don't have problems. Gone are the days of 100 or 200 ISO film.
Oh, I know we can choose nearly half of the ISO range with little to no fidelity loss.
By habit AND preference I choose my working aperture and shutter speed which then gives me the ISO I need. I'll still take it as low as possible) I also like running strobes (flashes/ speedlights) at about half power. - I've found it to be their sweet spot. Again, an old habit, but also a good practice with more powerful studio lights.
I've shot for decades with multiple high-end pro studio brands, and did weddings for 25 yrs and with all the famous brands, and my gear has just kept working perfectly. My Wireless digital Photogenic Powerlights in the cameraroom are approaching 30 yrs service without a glitch
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Using high ISO and tiny "wink light" levels of output doesn't appeal to me.
Thanks for the conversation -- and for watching.
Love them all
Thanks!
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Awesome, thank you!
That park is stunning! Where is it located/what is the name of it?
Winter Park, FL Thanks for watching!
Thanks Tim helpful
Thanks for watching!
I switched to LED with the best StellarPro Reflex S. Don’t regret the move. The constant misses with Godox and shot to shot color shifts is enough to abandon the series
I here you. I haven't had any such problems and I am extremely color aware. I don't let the lights do ANY thinking at all, so my output is perfectly constant.Works in my application. Thanks for watching.
Where do you purchase those beautiful mottled backdrops?
www.backgroundsbymaheu.com
Hi Tim, I understand what all the lights are for and where they're being used. I'm not sure what power you had them at and I'm not sure what the fill light was doing in that position? It had to be higher than the main light or it would've caused a shadow or something on the subject. thank you, Mark
thank you .... wonderful video
Like all my other lighting, a tweak power levels to give me what I need. I don't react to what a flash does or "gives me". As for fill, I prefer that it be bounced off a neutral surface, ceiling, wall whatever and give me a value of about 1 stop less than the main.
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Thank you for watching
I didn’t understand the title, Rethinking?
He decided to use them more than he originally thought he would.
Reconsidering? Reviewing? Evaluating etc. Just a word I like and use ..
Thanks for watching.
Go Dogs. The founder of this company in China must have had a lot of fun, inventing the company name, in Chinese. Enter the two Chinese name characters into translation and it says "God Ox" - their version of "Holy Cow". As calling something or someone a dog is insulting in many a culture, holy cow may be more appropriate. Being established in China and wanting to export, they needed to translate the company name into alphabet, and likely some ideologist warned them off that God Ox was not a desired name in the "West". The fun.
Thanks for the info