I would love to see something along the lines of Making the best of your conditions. I had mini sessions the other day, no leaves on the trees and I did my best to work with turning ladies away from the sun and lighting them up, but really struggled with that
Love what you are trying to do: making it simplified and easy 2 steps process, however, if I could give a suggestion: Would it be possible to have some visual representation of what you said so it’s easier to follow along? ie. Doubling the ISO, so either compensate by closing down f stops or up the shutter speed? Or maybe I just need to watch this one again when I’m more awake 😅
@@YiowMade been following you for quiet sometime and its one of the best video but how do you edit the final image please show us some steps my final pictures doesn't come out like yours
It just occurred to me now: I casually watched several photographic youtubers for few years and most of them started out like this, presenting their photos and giving out genuine tips. Your channel is one of the very rare ones that didn't stop and went full gear reviews only. I very much appreciate that
I agree. I also like to add, you are pretty much the only one that will respond and answer questions. Thank you for that! With your following and schedule, that can't be easy at all.
There have been times where I feel stuck when taking a portrait. What has saved me is remembering to expose for the ambient. I've learned a lot from this channel. 👍 📸 💡
Explained everything very well, what I was looking to get out of this video was to see shots with no flash vs flash but see your process of subtlety adding in your rim and key lights, so I very much appreciated you adding those into the video!
Great video! Lighting is such a "complex" subject but it comes down to simply, need more light, add more light, need less light, add less light! It was great seeing your set up as well!
I’ve struggled with flash so hard but you have motivated me to get my own Godox and also start using OCF. Thanks for this video and explaining to people like me! 👍
DEFINITELY THEE BEST explanation of shooting Ambient light!!! Thank you so much. I'm ordering my Godox AD200 soon and I can't wait to actually shoot Ambient 😂
Great video I do these steps at every session and as silly as it sounds I didn’t understand it when I heard EXPOSE FOR THE BACKGROUND. BUT ITS SO HELPFUL AND has helped my photography so much
...much respect from Nashville, TN! This is very helpful and timely! I am trying to work with my triple flash mount and hopefully I will get some decent results!
Love the simplicity of the tutorial. When you're new to OCF, the last thing you want to hear is "use your light meter". This is a much simpler and more dramatic way of getting amazing shots
Thanks! Yes, I never used a light meter but one thing a photographer I admire said before was this, "never let a technical device make a creative decision". I like this quote because it's so true. A device like a light meter won't tell me how I feel the photo should be exposed. That depends on me.
@@fjhphoto exactly. Which is why I feel TTL modes are useless for taking creative portraits. Why should the camera decide what the image should look like? Wonderful quote BTW!
IMO you can still make creative decisions if your using a light meter, you just need to learn how to use it in your favor. Say you want to use a target aperture of f/1.4 to get that creamy background, you expose for the ambient using that target aperture, shutter speed and ISO just as Fernando did. You then input that same shutter speed and ISO settings into the light meter and expose for the model/flash by adding or removing power to the flash until you get to that target aperture of f/1.4. That takes out the guessing work initially, you can always add or remove power to the flash as Fernando did if you feel it. As an added benefit you will know what the ratio of flash to the total amount of ambient light is, this can provide consistency between shots for the session even if you change your exposure settings or the ambient light changes, and outdoors it always will!
@@AlexisABermudez So, you adjust your rim light power based on what reading you have on your ambient light, using a hand-held meter that reads flash in incident mode? Then you do the same for the main light? I usually do flash readings on my hand-held light meter for the total read-out when all the flashes fire at the same time.
Great video, thank you. I'm tempted to try your 2 step approach on my light tent (for product photos where white background invariably is a shade of grey).
Wow. Excellent video man. Watching this a 2nd time because this video was filled with awesome tips and tricks man! I think my next flash is going to be that AD300 pro now. haha. The 2 light setup looks incredible!
my 860ii, 8080 softbox, x1 trigger arrives in a few days. excited already. it will be my 1st ocf. love your videos. My main aim as of now is to be able to create shots like yours!
Hey great tutorial. I just bought two TT600, a few umbrelas and a softboxand. Someone asked for a photo section, but I didn't take into account ambient light first and then flash power as I'm new to all this... This helps a lot. Thank you!!!
Great Tutorials! In the second example, would have liked to see the final edit to see how you cropped the main light out of the picture and what the final pose of the model was. 👍🏾
@@fjhphoto czcams.com/video/5v97NWhiN7Q/video.html I know you didn't take this video and that it's a hand held video but what I liked from the video was that he voiced over what was going through his head during the photoshoot. We get to see why he might have picked that composition,lighting,etc and what we can look for or think about when we are taking photos.
Recently started watching your videos all are very nice and clear explanations especially Building The Shot videos, learning lot from your videos keep sharing your knowledge it help many people make many videos untouched part of photography , again thank you for sharing your knowledge keep it up🤜🤛
You Are the Best Flash Photographer i have ever seen in my entire life ♥️ I don't know why your channel is not growing You will become No1 Flash Photographer One Day.
Let me know what tutorials you guys want to see so I can make them.😊
I would love to see something along the lines of Making the best of your conditions. I had mini sessions the other day, no leaves on the trees and I did my best to work with turning ladies away from the sun and lighting them up, but really struggled with that
Please Sir skin retouching tutorial.
Love what you are trying to do: making it simplified and easy 2 steps process, however, if I could give a suggestion:
Would it be possible to have some visual representation of what you said so it’s easier to follow along? ie. Doubling the ISO, so either compensate by closing down f stops or up the shutter speed?
Or maybe I just need to watch this one again when I’m more awake 😅
@@YiowMade been following you for quiet sometime and its one of the best video but how do you edit the final image please show us some steps my final pictures doesn't come out like yours
I would like to learn your style of Skin Retouching?
It just occurred to me now: I casually watched several photographic youtubers for few years and most of them started out like this, presenting their photos and giving out genuine tips. Your channel is one of the very rare ones that didn't stop and went full gear reviews only. I very much appreciate that
I agree. I also like to add, you are pretty much the only one that will respond and answer questions. Thank you for that! With your following and schedule, that can't be easy at all.
There have been times where I feel stuck when taking a portrait. What has saved me is remembering to expose for the ambient. I've learned a lot from this channel. 👍 📸 💡
So happy my channel has helped!😁
I’ve been with for a couple of years now. This is one of your best yet
This comment made my day. Thanks!😁
By far the most helpful video on flash photography I’ve ever seen! I appreciate you so much
You have help my off camera flash photography so much! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your instructions. Thank you so much!
Explained everything very well, what I was looking to get out of this video was to see shots with no flash vs flash but see your process of subtlety adding in your rim and key lights, so I very much appreciated you adding those into the video!
Very in depth tutorial! Keep up the amazing work, Fran!! 💪
Awesome instructions! Easy examples to follow! Great work as always!
One of the best videos on OCF!
Love you stuff- you break down complexities simply and thoroughly 💪Your video production quality is off the charts lately. Powerful
This is such a lovely tutorial. Thank you for giving us this. Please do more
Very clear and direct explanation. Thanks for a great video!
Really helpful for a beginner using OCF, the tutorial was explained very well. Thanks for sharing.
I watch your videos from Russia and I am very grateful. Take more of these lessons, they are very useful
Thanks for watching!😊
9.15 mins well spent,thankyou Sir.
Your tutorials are always awesome!
I have followed you for a long long time. You are amazing man. Keep up the good work 👌🏻☀️😃
Great video! Lighting is such a "complex" subject but it comes down to simply, need more light, add more light, need less light, add less light! It was great seeing your set up as well!
I’ve struggled with flash so hard but you have motivated me to get my own Godox and also start using OCF. Thanks for this video and explaining to people like me! 👍
Congratulations!!!! This is the best tutorial tha I had heard about combining of out camera flash and ambient light. Thank you
Great video Francisco, I learnt this last year and it transformed my outdoor shots.
wonderfully articulated!! 💪🏼💪🏼👍🏼 thanks so much 🙏🏼😀
Thank you for this informative video. Very well explained with great examples. Your videos are always great. 👍
....all I know today is mainly from your tutorials. Thanks sooo much.
Appreciate you watching!😊
This a fabulous explanation of OCF!! Ty
DEFINITELY THEE BEST explanation of shooting Ambient light!!! Thank you so much. I'm ordering my Godox AD200 soon and I can't wait to actually shoot Ambient 😂
Awesome Job Francisco, Thank you for Everything you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're the best explaining step by step 👏👍👌
You showed great examples of the process progressing, thank you!
Great video I do these steps at every session and as silly as it sounds I didn’t understand it when I heard EXPOSE FOR THE BACKGROUND. BUT ITS SO HELPFUL AND has helped my photography so much
This was explained very well !! Thank you !!
Very straightforward, methodical, and clear. Thanks a lot!
Great video, thanks so much for the simplicity.
Brilliant. Just the straight forward video I was looking for 👍🏻
Thank you for this video! I'm getting my ocf today. This helped me so much.
Great, this was very helpful and easy to understand, thank you!
You are the man! Very humble and lot of knowledge. Congrats!
Clear and illustrative video! Thanks a lot!
Great tutorial, great explanation. Thanks a lot!!
It will really helps me to be a greater photographer when using flash!! Thanks!!
Great video! Perfectly explained...
This will sure help me take better pictures. Thank you!
you explained this perfectly... great work
Thanks for the tips. Youre very helpful for beginners.
Mann! You DESERVE 100k+ subscribers, you content is Gold Standard. You’re getting there..keep em coming 👏👏👏
Thanks so much! Trying to get there.
I hit the like button just by reading title of this video. This is one of the best tip to improve photography.😇
Thanks!
the visuals did help thank you!!
Fantastic explanation on how to light!!! Ty
Great great tips. First time here. I’m subscribing.
This is a great explanation of exposing for ambient light thank you!!
You're welcome and thanks for watching 😁
You’re a good teacher. Great video!
I struggle with this, Thank you for easily explaining your process, I love how your photos come out and hope to be as good as you one day soon!!!
Happy to help!😁
...much respect from Nashville, TN! This is very helpful and timely! I am trying to work with my triple flash mount and hopefully I will get some decent results!
Love the simplicity of the tutorial. When you're new to OCF, the last thing you want to hear is "use your light meter". This is a much simpler and more dramatic way of getting amazing shots
Thanks! Yes, I never used a light meter but one thing a photographer I admire said before was this, "never let a technical device make a creative decision". I like this quote because it's so true. A device like a light meter won't tell me how I feel the photo should be exposed. That depends on me.
@@fjhphoto exactly. Which is why I feel TTL modes are useless for taking creative portraits. Why should the camera decide what the image should look like? Wonderful quote BTW!
IMO you can still make creative decisions if your using a light meter, you just need to learn how to use it in your favor. Say you want to use a target aperture of f/1.4 to get that creamy background, you expose for the ambient using that target aperture, shutter speed and ISO just as Fernando did. You then input that same shutter speed and ISO settings into the light meter and expose for the model/flash by adding or removing power to the flash until you get to that target aperture of f/1.4. That takes out the guessing work initially, you can always add or remove power to the flash as Fernando did if you feel it. As an added benefit you will know what the ratio of flash to the total amount of ambient light is, this can provide consistency between shots for the session even if you change your exposure settings or the ambient light changes, and outdoors it always will!
I hate light meter. XD
@@AlexisABermudez So, you adjust your rim light power based on what reading you have on your ambient light, using a hand-held meter that reads flash in incident mode? Then you do the same for the main light? I usually do flash readings on my hand-held light meter for the total read-out when all the flashes fire at the same time.
Excellent content. Thank you!
Thank you very much for this very interesting video. Bravo !
Thank yo so much you clearly taught me on how to control ambient light
thank you sir for always sharing your knowledge and talent with us..keep inspiring!
Excellent, a lot of info presented clearly.
Thank you!😁
Dude you're damn good! Cleared so many doubts any beginner photographer might have.. Thanks!!
You are the best my friend 👌🏼
You are a light master!
Thanks!😊
Thank you for The best guide i needed :)
Fantastic video, thanks so much!!
Great video, thank you. I'm tempted to try your 2 step approach on my light tent (for product photos where white background invariably is a shade of grey).
Hi thank you so much. I love how we taken through each step
You're welcome! Might make another video like this.😊
You are a good teacher 📸🙌🙌
Love it bro!
Will practice this gold knowledge to put it in practice in my next wedding.
I love your channel much respect
Wow. Excellent video man. Watching this a 2nd time because this video was filled with awesome tips and tricks man! I think my next flash is going to be that AD300 pro now. haha. The 2 light setup looks incredible!
Thanks! Glad this video was helpful.😊
Love this tutorial ! 👏🏼👏🏼
You are amazing i am new to ocf photography 🥺🥰these are valuable booms🔥🔥🌄
Wow really good explanation lots of love from india❤
Amazing vid. Thank you 🙏
Very helpful thanks!
very well explained...
This is very helpful..thanks sir..
Muchas gracias, muy buena explicación!!
Great information, thanks
my 860ii, 8080 softbox, x1 trigger arrives in a few days. excited already. it will be my 1st ocf. love your videos. My main aim as of now is to be able to create shots like yours!
Hey great tutorial. I just bought two TT600, a few umbrelas and a softboxand. Someone asked for a photo section, but I didn't take into account ambient light first and then flash power as I'm new to all this... This helps a lot. Thank you!!!
Very helpful ... thanks !
Great Tutorials! In the second example, would have liked to see the final edit to see how you cropped the main light out of the picture and what the final pose of the model was. 👍🏾
You still the man lol good job.
Very nice video with revealing behind the scene
Great job explaining a difficult to understand process.
Thank you! Tried my best to break it down.
We need more OCF tutorials!😃
Soon! Any videos I've taken in the past that you liked so I can more like that?
@@fjhphoto
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I know you didn't take this video and that it's a hand held video but what I liked from the video was that he voiced over what was going through his head during the photoshoot. We get to see why he might have picked that composition,lighting,etc and what we can look for or think about when we are taking photos.
Thanks, I did the same thing just yesterday.
Recently started watching your videos all are very nice and clear explanations especially Building The Shot videos, learning lot from your videos keep sharing your knowledge it help many people make many videos untouched part of photography , again thank you for sharing your knowledge keep it up🤜🤛
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching.😊
well explain sir!
Thanks dude 👍
Hey Francisco, @santiagohears here! Awesome video as always and thanks a lot for explaining OCF so clearly! I’ll practice this very soon
Hey man! Thanks for watching and best of luck in future shoots.😊
Watched a few of your videos right now, I love them.! Can we get a vlog / on the scene video?
A very precise tutorial, with excellent examples and explanations,, thanks so much, great work. Would love to see how you work in post?
Great tip thank you sir
You Are the Best Flash Photographer i have ever seen in my entire life ♥️ I don't know why your channel is not growing You will become No1 Flash Photographer One Day.
Thank you so much!😁
Thanks 🙏
Thank you!!!!