High-Speed Powder Photography Tutorial

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In this special effects photography video tutorial, you will learn how to capture high-speed images of colored flour (holi powder) being thrown onto a model using speedlights.

[@BrowniesruleBEOTCH]

What Shutter Speed, ISO and Aperture did you have your camera set at?

[@721MrG]

Thank you for this video. You are probably the most interesting photographer to listen on KZbin.

[@ernixy]

your works are so cool and works well for people w/ tight budget.

[@dmitra3111]

Holi is round the corner and I'm just looking for some dope Holi Photoshoot ideas. This is helpful. Thanks and love you from India ❤

[@fallyhag]

Agree with the rest. You post videos that break away from the normal. You add interest and imagination. Thanks for sharing :)

[@oneofak1nd]

Awesome stuff! Thanks for taking the time to post this!

[@newviewblue]

Love your tutorials! Thank you!

[@Ruthlessbone]

Very in depth review on this tutorial. The details were explained & thanks!

[@leidycasadiego3535]

wow! this is a very amazing tutorial! Great job! thanks for sharing!

[@allroundbay]

You're so awesome! Thanks for keepig on ! Missed you buddy

[@Danialdaneshmand]

Good to have you back :) please keep it up

[@mahmoudguitarist]

i love it Evin, you are creative and you have a unique ideas, i am always looking forward to see your videos. i just love it, and hopefuly i can do it soon. thanks man.

[@bitshifter52]

Sharing your camera settings would REALLY have been very helpful.

[@zankar]

the one you showed last in photoshop is sick!

[@MatthiasTidlund]

Cool idea and beautiful interesting photos, keep up the good work.

[@leo8dragon]

great work! you have actually made me interested in photography now. that might also be because your wickedly handsome

[@pixel325]

really nice idea! gotta try this for sure - seen several diffrent "flour" photos and it looks pretty cool - see if i can take it to the next level somehow as well.. :D

[@lokoloko248]

Long time man...love your videos

[@oscarrichard7791]

Thanks for sharing.. especially the photoshop ideas, which I'll definitely be stealing hahaha

[@nursefuzzywuzzy]

Holi Powder is just cornstarch or cornflour dyed with food coloring gels. You can cut out the Holi powder by buying food coloring gels and coloring the flour yourself.

[@steveb8967]

I'll look forward to your youtube vid on how to colour flour...

[@aestheticvibes3010]

Yesss ot with flour

[@JzyWzy]

nursefuzzywuzzy I like your hair

[@dmitra3111]

Nope. The authentic Holi powder comes from crushing dried flower petals and sandalwood powder.

[@TamerRagheb]

Thank you ***** that was beautiful.. :)

[@AndreRiggins]

incredible, man.

[@obikenobi1906]

nice, simple and clear explanation. Cheers

[@photographicproducts5228]

Really nice shots. Thanks for sharing

[@MalcolmVanAtta]

Cool Shots. Well done man.

[@pool12390]

awesome tutorial.

[@as1m_]

you are amazing :) u should be more famous!

[@MarceloCarvalhoDutra]

Excellent work!

[@billganoe6551]

Awesome stuff!!! Might I suggest using cornstarch instead of flour though. It is much whiter and I think it would the colors pop I think.

[@EyeofArtemis818]

When are you going to upload more videos. i love watching your videos thank you very much for helping me decide what direction i want to go with my photography

[@msaks08]

Try using semolina with colours next time,it won't create much mess(like you said) and it is free flowing ! I'm an Indian and we use this trick often.Good luck ! - An admirer of your art :)

[@vitormartins5751]

Can you please tell me how you use that high shutter speeds with flash lights? Do you use a medium format camera with the shutter on the lense?!

[@ninarosaphotography2039]

Great ! So creative!

[@sapphirephoenix75]

so awesome!

[@Jake_Towne]

Thats awesome!!!

[@pj1302239]

Was wondering how u precisely cut the flour in tht one pic where u do the diagonal parallel lines?? Btw I've been waiting for ur vid.. u always amaze me !! THANK YOU

[@nishankjoshi]

haha... Holi is a festival in India where we play with these colours. Think of the tomatina festival but with Holi powder of different colours and water. That and flour ... and finally accessories we have in abundance in India. haha

[@privatepaige]

very nice video learned something new today! :)

[@johanneseret6153]

Really cool!

[@MiniGunas]

awesome video mate !

[@yunusemregunduz4730]

amazing !!!

[@istarzgirl]

What settings would you recommend for low-light/night shots with a Canon Rebel t3i 600D w/ kit lens? Thanks in advance.

[@trippjones14]

that is extremely interesting! Thanks

[@reubensailo8193]

Amazing!!! Epic!

[@adellerux07]

Amazing!!!

[@raichufullmoon6812]

It's fantastic ^^ Could u say the exif dates that u had use doing those photos?? (diafragm aperture, velocity, white balance... Thanks ! Great job!

[@wizards1985]

thanks for the tips!!

[@Daelmyth]

I'm looking into getting my first starter camera above point and click. I'm looking at the Canon T3i. Opinions?

[@tattedonyx4438]

Great video!

[@bhhk77]

Nice work!

[@zainabmousa765]

Hi man finally u put video! I really like ur works so smart .. just ur book i can't buy it that really suck

[@carlwright6898]

does it need to be a flash or can you use panels

[@dedyirawan2799]

amazing

[@megakurtz1939]

so cool

[@plantbasedavid]

I've always a problem in my photoshop projects... How do you do the crop at 7:12? Cutting out the picture but leaving the flour?

[@riadshaaban7809]

The quick selection tool in addition to some slight post-production compositing ought to do it.

[@wildhorse333]

thanks for sharing!

[@MrSlenderCam]

Inspiring.

[@malwright8771]

Cool ,do you have a video of punching water ?

[@eefsle26]

wich camera did you use to make the picture? a special one? I own a reflex camera, but i can't imagine that one is good enough. Do I need a high speed one?

[@craazyclo]

How hard was the flour to get out the hair ? :o

[@rutvikbhatt9185]

AWESOME

[@graemehamilton6554]

Can't you just use normal flower then do the gradient trick after its finished? haha

[@modernwize]

where did you do this? How did you clean it up?

[@Ozmaydius]

+modernwize He states at the start that he did these at an elementary school at night, because he doesnt have much space at home to do it.

[@1987prk]

nice photography

[@irwiww]

wat photo shop do you use i have an apple mac

[@yasminnazir2777]

does it matter what type of flour is used?

[@michaelhussey1534]

Great nice beautiful video photography, u can also publish in Youpic.

[@sj8060]

What photo editing app/program did you use?

[@crazyproductioncinematogra6195]

So nice i am fan

[@freeuyghurfreeeastturkista9166]

cool !

[@KBPhotographyNC]

Hey I was just wondering WHAT were your camera settings set on? Like your exposure & stuff.. :D THANKS!! I have a photography project coming up and I was just wondering!!

[@KBPhotographyNC]

***** Thank you so much!! :{D LOVE your videos btw!!

[@stereodrive]

***** what were the light settings normal diffusors ?

[@TamerRagheb]

LLBG Productions a little late reply but it's OK.. To ease it for you.. * You need an f/stops at maybe 8 to 11 to get a wide DOF and keep the image as sharp as possible, you can focus then turn the camera to manual focus if subject and camera position will be fixed. *.Your shutter speed be not more than 200 as per the sync speed of the camera shutter with the flash. * Use ISO value to compensate for your correct exposure. * You will need to take some testing shots first to check your photo and exposure before starting the real party..! Hope I was helpful for you..

[@KBPhotographyNC]

Thanks! It was very helpful! :)

[@kurjahko]

That last photo, has it been published somewhere, or is the photo otherwise available somewhere?

[@therookiefisherman5234]

What shutter speed ,lens iso ext?

[@dukenakaashamba]

how you made that the flower is out of picture ???

[@4arliEdinorog]

Отличный видос, ман!)

[@DolphinRida]

You could use baby powder too, It's not as clumpy looking when you take the photo also. Just a suggestion! :)

[@lauramci22]

What color hair did the model have?

[@statisphotos2041]

If you dont have any professional lighting, can you compensate in photoshop?

[@wilsonmussa7222]

it nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jaredjds2011]

Evan, did you move or something because you said you didn't have any space? from the looks of your old videos, you have a lot of land lol.

[@techashirwad]

Please tell me what was the shutterspeed .. And can we freeze liquid splash with 1/200 ???

[@davidcarrico3385]

The shutter speed doesn't really matter in these shots since the motion is frozen by the flash duration (that is very short), not the shutter speed.

[@aliserhani6771]

افكار رائعة وبسيطة وعملية ..... شكراً

[@evan2156]

Clever

[@millie753]

cool as aways :)

[@symone1176]

FANTASTIC WORK>>So...Thumped & Shared. Your Friends @ Symone1176 Channel ~

[@2007dodi]

Hello I live in UK and couldnt find your book in amazon UK but I found another one. how can I order one?

[@ritchyjeanty2643]

go on the website

[@darkwidi]

long time no see, evans

[@Whigu]

Why you put colour to the powder if you are going to change/add the colour in photoshop?

[@PhotoExtremist]

Photoshop colorization is not as useful/efficient/realistic for mixing clumps of multi-colored particles together like the photograph shown at 0:12 as it is for changing the color in large areas, like the picture at 0:11.

[@TheDannil90]

Teach me !!!

[@TheJayFoxx]

Out of curiosity, how difficult is it to wash the color out of your skin?

[@SarveshParakh]

These are colours used in 'Holi' festival in India. If you really get yourself messed up, it's a bit difficult to remove them. The traces are left for days. But, if you apply oil on your skin before playing with them, removing them becomes quite easy. As in this kind of a shoot, if you can't use oil, try to bath with Kerosene. Yes, Kerosene. That actually helps a lot. Almost all of the colour would just go away. And if the colour is mild, it's easy to wash it just with a little soap and water. I hope it helped!

[@RandallGross]

Thanks for some creative ideas, but Just a word of caution: Some of these powders are extremely fine and excel at infiltrating camera and lens seals - best to keep your camera and equipment upwind and out of the dust zone while doing this, and to clean up well, keeping the models and dust away from your equipment. See this article at Peta Pixel petapixel.com/2013/05/08/photographing-a-color-run-will-destroy-your-camera-gear-dont-do-it/

[@5discchangers]

holi is festival in india ...aka festival of colours

[@Ashwinr106]

holi powder is a powder for a indian festival called holi . festival of colours

[@BrollikIsMrNikon]

Bout damn time! Thought you forgot about us man! lol.nice nice video. I will be trying this...all the women I know are black and they aint putting no powder in their hair lol smh. I'll find someone hopefully.

[@nicholashorter]

I hope to meet you and shake your hand one day. I love your photos.

[@CanecaProductions]

Awesome Shit!

[@user-he2ui5ve7u]

👍

[@MZtestvideos]

Can't believe no one ever asked this, but what is the music / song that starts at 8:30? Gives me a real extraterrestrial vibe. I dig it a lot. Please let me knowwwww bro

[@PhotoExtremist]

+MZtestvideos Vlue - Onr

[@MZtestvideos]

***** thank you!!!

[@nymlessblackbean3522]

Hi there, great video....silly question,, how do I get the flour off the model after the shoot..thanks :)

[@JessMaree]

how else can i colour flour? Can you use just food colouring?

[@katrinaowens1794]

You could mix dry powder tempra paint with the flower.

[@y.36a41]

You can get normal flour and photoshop the colors that's what i've done and looks perfect

[@winnerfit8319]

how ?

[@y.36a41]

zako fit how to photoshop it you mean?

[@winnerfit8319]

yes