3 Portraits with 3 different lighting types // Natural Light. Fill Flash. Full Flash.

[@TaiHsinShiek]

I just want to tell how much I appreciate your wife and her patience... it's not easy being the model for a photographer as well as the wife... please give my regards to her.... and thanks for the lovely video as always!

[@SalCincotta1]

i will and ty!!

[@8ball758]

OCF just bring in some magic in pictures. Since I bought my Flash, I dont want to miss it anymore. One of the best Investments

[@wayneross843]

Love the close up fill flash shots. Get that girl a blanket when you’re talkin’ ! :)

[@dogdad4069]

The G.O.A.T. ! Mr. Cincotta

[@SalCincotta1]

appreciate you!!

[@johnnywestmoreland7667]

Image #2 close up most natural looking and worked best with the scene

[@FranciscoAlvarezTV]

Sal: “This, this and that…” Her: “🤬🥶🤬🥶.” 😅 Those last ones were my favorite. Nice stuff, Cincotta.

[@SalCincotta1]

haha... yeah... i needed to stop talking... it was cold for my wife for sure... :)

[@alissacincotta6228]

I don't hide my emotions in my facial expressions very well 😂😂

[@SalCincotta1]

@@alissacincotta6228 truth.

[@FranciscoAlvarezTV]

@@alissacincotta6228 HAHA! You're such a trooper. I hope Sal took you to a nice, warm restaurant and cuddled you up while editing these. Great job, you two!

[@Keith80027]

Great Education video Sal, thank you wife and crew for doing this on a cool day.

[@stilwellphotographycinemat5742]

Always educational while also entertaining. I loved all of them, but #3 is perfect. Thank you!

[@SalCincotta1]

ty ty!! my fav as well!

[@clarkconway8796]

Sal, I know this video was all about the lighting, but I thought the shots taken with the Profoto A2 would have been more impactful if taken with the Canon RF70-200 from the direction the video camera was located, with the black veil blowing in the wind and Alissa looking back at you. As always, enjoyed the instructional pointers! 📸👍

[@k5683]

Would loved to have seen all three styles next to each other at the end 💓

[@superlum]

The last shots were great and then the ones taken with the A2.

[@SalCincotta1]

my fav as well.

[@josecarlossobrinhoensaiosr904]

Good morning from here in Brazil Sal, sensational as always and with beautiful photographs I love this combination of flash lights and natural light.big hugs

[@SalCincotta1]

I LOVE BRAZIL!!! Cant wait to return. Yes, thank you so much!! this was a fun shoot for sure.

[@RobertMichaelWalker]

Seriously though this is awesome to watch. Grateful job as always, Sal. I still always learn/re-learn at least one thing when watching these. @Alissa do I even have to say how amazing you look?! Y'all got me wanting to go shopping for gear AND clothes!! lol Y'all are amazing! keep em coming.

[@weddingbells100]

Hi Sal, my favorites are the portraits taken using the three-foot softbox much better detail in these shots in my opinion.

[@josediazh3890]

Muchas gracias.

[@MartinV.]

image 3 all day! great video!!

[@SalCincotta1]

ty ty

[@wastedtalentusa]

Awesome. Loved it. I would love to see the images side by side.

[@niiayi]

Awesome watching you. I learn something. Thank you

[@SalCincotta1]

ty ty!!

[@Wakodaf]

Nice one! I like last maybe most, great job and beauty wife! :)❤🎉😊

[@30dcanon]

#3 because I love contrast. I just don’t get the natural light shooters that love the blown out look of a background. Don’t get me wrong, natural can be stunning and I shoot with it. I have to say, with that outfit and location, would have loved to have seen some images shot with the 15-35 on the ultra wide side.

[@SalCincotta1]

I don’t disagree w you on that. Natural can be beautiful when done right.

[@khengteoh4318]

I always liked the fill flash vs full flash . I always get memories of people exposed perfectly with an underexposed sunset that is so uncanny and unrealistic to me

[@SalCincotta1]

gotta define your own look and style for sure. that is what people will come to you for!

[@kirstenboczar5961]

#3

[@SalCincotta1]

my fav as well!

[@drkjedi28]

Great video, what did you film it with?

[@jzsphotography]

Good video and beautiful outcome Sal. your wife is a beautiful model. she know how to pose easily. Personally I like the photo with A2 fill light. If you have B10 and A2 handy on an outdoor wedding party/couples session, do you prefer to use B10 or A2?

[@SalCincotta1]

Ty ty. Yeah for a wedding depends on how much light I need. If I’m going to shoot at let’s say 5.6 so the party is all focus would prob need more power but reality is might need a second light just from a coverage perspective depending on how spread out the bridal party is.

[@jpdj2715]

A few things to be aware of. The A2 in this video, to me, seems barely powerful enough. Watch the video again and you'll see it's power displayed at 10 or 9. Here, 10 is 100% and 9 is one EV down, which is 50% - every whole number down cuts power in half again. I probably would have left the diffusion dome off as it disperses the light more and the shots are with a longer than 50mm focal length position on the zoom - a Profoto Magnum OCF reflector might have helped here, but does not exist for the A series. That diffuser removal would have given 0.5 to 1 EV back to the user. That's important, as the meta-data with the stills in the video indicate much shorter than X-synchronisation exposure times. This in turn means that the flash must operate in "High Speed Sync" which basically means that it fires pulses stroboscopically in a way that to the camera looks like constant light. As a speedlight/strobe draws its flash energy from a big capacitor that is charged in the recycle cycle, and if the flash needs to fire 5 times for the fast exposure time, then this means that each of these flash pulses can have a maximum of 20% from the full capacitor load. That 20% is 2EV and a wee bit below full power. As an A2 has 100Ws electrical energy for a full power flash and the B10 has 250 Ws, you can see that the B10 has about 1.5 EV worth of electrical energy more. Note that the Watt.seconds (Ws = W.s are the micro sibling of k.W.h - and, 1 Ws = 1 Joule = 1J) merely inform about electrical energy consumption, not about light sent out. To be able to appreciate light output, you need Guide number - but that depends on ISO and reflector/light modifier and its unit is meter or feet. I would personally bring a couple on-camera speedlights for off-camera use, that can light a big room as an ensemble. But that needs preparation and testing. The same applies to the B10, though. It can easily blast to a far distance but in that overpower the foreground. So strategically placed units - more than a couple - possibly hidden from the camera, can do better. But again, you have to experiment with that. And, with wireless (radio) triggers, you can easily switch a group of speedlights off, for a shot that you want to make look like the classical on-camera hot flash. Another thing is the 200 ISO setting that we saw in the meta-data with the stills in the video. I'm not a Canon shooter, but the majority of mirrorless cameras today have "fixed ISO" - which means they surrender dynamic range as a way to mimic high ISO. In the same way White Balance is just a number with your raw file that tells LrC or C1 how to open that file, ISO works the same way in such a case. Well, these cameras generally have two "amplification levels" in the photodiode circuits with each photosite (the real sensor(s) in the sensor). W.r.t. my camera, I have seen a noise plot as function of ISO and from 100 ISO to 390 ISO noise runs up in order to fall down to 100 ISO noise level when set at 400 ISO. This means that from 400 ISO, my camera goes to the higher amplification level but without noise penalty. Interestingly, 2 EV of ISO up from 400 (i.e. 1,600), the noise level is the same as at my theoretical 390. In the Iceland shots, higher ISO would have helped the flash, but also made available light relatively stronger. Higher ISO however would have benefited the High Speed Sync that allows for very short exposure of the available light.

[@ClickPro87]

Great video! I’d love to see those images edited, maybe trying to get the natural light to look like flash in post, and the differences there / how close you can get them to look.

[@MrCameraShy]

Sal great work as always. Question when you were shooting off camera flash, were you shooting in HSS and if so why? Why not TTL or Manual?

[@SalCincotta1]

Yes. Don’t confuse ttl which is a metering through the lens and hss which allows you to shoot w flash at high shutter speeds. So if I want to shoot during the day at f2.8 or wide open shutter will be at 1/2000 or higher. So you have to put the flash in high speed sync to work. Does that make sense?

[@MrCameraShy]

@@SalCincotta1 gotcha that makes sense. Thanks

[@MikeGiovinazzo]

wow - Alissa is indeed a keeper. I'd wrap my model up between sets. Great vid as always. One question is re 2nd set. I can't see where the diffuser really makes a huge difference. The diffused light really has no ceilings or walls to bounce off so unless it's a bit bigger than the flash head, I'd suggest there is no extra 'softness', just a bit of added light loss.

[@SalCincotta1]

if we are talking about the same image... the second one is fill only... not going to be soft at all... so its just adding a bit of pop to the eyes

[@joshuagutierrez8407]

Sal, thanks for putting out an informative video. My only question…looking back, would you have done anything differently? While the A2 seemed to work, it seemed respectfully underpowered for more than just 1/2 body shots. I think it accomplished what you were after, but just wanted to hear your thoughts.

[@SalCincotta1]

ty sir! yes - im happy with the results, but of course, if i can have more power... ill always take more power!! :) when im choosing lights for a job... it realy comes down to where im going? how much can i travel with? how quickly can i move? etc. so sometimes, the bigger lights are more trouble to travel with or just restrictions at the location - public space, wind, etc. make sense?

[@joshuagutierrez8407]

@@SalCincotta1 I agree 100% with not having to haul around a behemoth setup. I get looks when I roll up with a one-light setup and blow everyone out of the water. I appreciate the quick response. Thank you for putting out very inspiring videos!!!! Have a great morning from those of us on the West Coast.

[@fadmphotography9222]

would love to see it after edit how they would look like. they were stunning

[@williamcahill617]

Thank you

[@naradaramanayaka3291]

He is good educatetor📷

[@SalCincotta1]

ty so much!!

[@СергейБу-у3й]

Video operator is of very high level. Awesom work. It touches me. It can be made a lot of screenshots -- every as a very good photo. Sal opens all treasures. He makes emphasis on significant moments. Great resource.

[@SalCincotta1]

Glad you liked it!

[@sentaur14]

60 seconds content packed into 20min waffle vid

[@paweszyja221]

Love all the photos you've taken, they are amazing - Im often shooting with OFC So number 3 is the best for me ❤️

[@ChuckinAurora]

The model looks like Melle Baby.

[@B-FOTO]

i enjoy listening to those with experience, so much to learn from you. thank you! love the video loved the natural and full flash shots

[@SalCincotta1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@iunderstanphotography2780]

I'm impressed by the Sal Cincotta branded Northface jacket!👍🏾 I find myself preferring the natural light #1 or #2 with a pop of color. I'm influenced by what I see in magazines (which are probably also using flash outside but it looks more natural than the HSS look that EVERYONE has now.

[@RobertMichaelWalker]

14:35 STAHP THAT RIGHT NOW!!! LOL

[@SalCincotta1]

Lol it’s like a little Easter egg. :)

[@GreggBishop-j6r]

what I would like to know is how are you syncing your flash at the shutter speed you are shooting

[@story.allegory]

So do you shoot in HSS to get these settings then? Do you have issues with overheating?

[@SalCincotta1]

yes HSS if you want that shallow depth of field in a scenario where its bright out. i personally LOVE the look of that - very milky. Overheating? of the camera? or the light? no to both. Never have had an issue. Obviously, in iceland its cold during this shoot, but even back home where temps are 100+ in the summer - ZERO issues.

[@story.allegory]

@@SalCincotta1 I have a ton of problems with my lights (Godox- ad400pro usually, or my v860ii speed lights) overheating in hss which makes day shooting almost impossible. Wondering if it’s a Godox thing? I was told by others that you just can’t shoot hss for “demanding” shoots (all of mine are basically!)

[@SalCincotta1]

@@story.allegory oh wow. NO NEVER. Now, i know all the godox fan boys will come out to protect their brand, but Ive been using profoto for 10+ years now... the a2, b10 and a10 - NEVER A SINGLE ISSUE with HSS or overheating. I can also share with you personal experience that ive watched with godox shooters in some of my workshops - not a one off, but a repeated issue... misfires from the trigger. I dont know why, etc - i just watch them struggle with a ton of misfires. Again, something ive NEVER experienced with profoto. We were just in iceland and some of the shots I took were about 800-1000 feet away.. not a single missed frame. So.... not sure if im helping you here or costing you more money. :)

[@story.allegory]

@@SalCincotta1 haha it’s tough to make a switch with so much Godox gear but it may happen! Interestingly, I seem to be the only person I know with this issue so severely, and it didn’t come up until I bought my canon R5. Wes Perry on KZbin does a lot of overheating tests that really put Godox’s abilities into perspective- flashes usually only last about 4 minutes of continuous shooting before they shut down

[@Tahoe_Wedding_Videographer]

@@story.allegory get a Kase clip in ND filter for your camera. Works better than HSS anyways and it leaves your strobe with more power. My doesn't work all that well in HSS too, but to be fair, none of them do, with maybe an exception to Profoto. I've never had a chance to lay my hands on that one. Godox all the way haha!

[@hotlatnpapi69]

Great video thank you for sharing with us but did your wife run to the car 😂. Again thank you

[@SalCincotta1]

haha yes she did!!

[@hawg427]

I'm surprised she could hear you out there with all that wind. I have a bad habit of directing my models while having my camera up in my face and all I hear is what, what did you say. LOL I liked the Second set the best, when you moved in closer I thought the shot was better IMHO. Nice necklace selection, it really breaks up the Black of the dress. Great video, was your Wife a professional model?

[@SalCincotta1]

no she was not, but you made her night. :) she had to be forced to get in front of the camera. she is a formally trained producer... its what she went to school for.

[@vincebrown6923]

Sal, the inverse square of light, is there material where I can see what exactly you mean? Think I understand but was curious cause I have had as you call it "amateur hour" moments, and can never figure out how to control the light spill. Never thought about tilting my light back

[@SalCincotta1]

alissa and i were just talking about your comment... i think we have a new video topic coming soon. :)

[@vincebrown6923]

@@SalCincotta1 Thank you so much, Sal. I look forward to it

[@skillcubator123]

Hello Sal, Where can we see the final images from this shoot?

[@SalCincotta1]

they are in the video... we didnt over process any from this shoot. wanted to show the final images out of camera for the most part.

[@dereklau5928]

Are those shutter speeds correct? F/4 200iso at 1/8000 with flash?

[@momentsbyron]

Will a grid with the softbox works or will it produce a harder light effect ?

[@andreabrown3283]

Are you changing the shutter speed or are you shooting i. Aperture priority?

[@SalCincotta1]

Aperture priority all day long.

[@stevendow5363]

How easy is to shoot HSS with that setup?

[@SalCincotta1]

super easy. most of today's camera and flash set ups AUTOMATICALLY adjust to HSS without having to change anything in a menu. this particular set up - my camera and flash automatically see im above 1/200th a sec (normal sync speed) and kicks everything into HSS.

[@stevendow5363]

@@SalCincotta1 Hey thanks and great images... Alissa needs a medal for freezing!

[@f0t0b0y]

Did you mean to take the same photo/pose for the entire shoot? 🤓

[@anthonytillman7276]

Just wondering, were these natural light shots taken in aperture priority mode?

[@SalCincotta1]

all shots taken in aperture priority - the only time i shoot manual is usually in a CONTROLLED lighting situation which does not exist for the most part outdoors. so mostly in studio.

[@KennethDAstonJr]

No sandbags?

[@SalCincotta1]

lol... you often find yourself traveling through iceland or foreign countries carrying sandbags?? :)

[@vernonr7404]

Why do Profoto products all cost twice as much as similar Godox counterparts? Is it because the Pro means they are intended primarily for use by Professionals?

[@SalCincotta1]

No I would t say that as a blanket statement. I can tell you having held and used both products profoto build quality and durability is superior. I would imagine you would have a much longer duty cycle w then. So maybe that’s the pro side of it.

[@Abakaschi]

Thumbs down; no side-by-side comparison shown at the end of the video.

[@gagavacha8060]

🫤

[@alexshtok9933]

God, U gona freez your model it is cold and windy there