HOW I SHOT THIS | Off camera flash portrait with a CHRISTMAS TREE

[@boostedmaniac]

Thanks!

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you so much! You are very kind - Merry Christmas to you 😊

[@iliassakalak]

Excellent job as always!! Well done!!

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you so much 😊

[@boostedmaniac]

Thanks Neil. These look great!! You’ve given me so many new ideas to try. Thanks again and Merry Christmas!

[@NeilRedfern]

My pleasure! Thank you so much again

[@MartinV.]

Great video!!

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you!

[@HinshawsPhotography]

I am loving your images!

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you very much Toby!

[@MrGeorgephadel]

Excellent Video thank you!!!

[@marcoscabreracastellano8652]

Beautiful

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you very much Marcos!

[@oliverguevarra1]

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 outstanding tutorials 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you so much Oliver!

[@pascalr.14]

Great video!! Instead of bringing the other speedlight for the tree, couldn't you have change the shutter speed a little bit to allow more light?

[@DiviPhotos]

great video

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you very much

[@HelenwilliamsphotographyCoUk]

Another amazing shoot and you make a 4 flash set up look soooo simple! I can still be your biggest fan girl right? 🤣😍 📸

[@Kirby_Oski]

Awesome work, thank you for the video. I just have one question. What shutter speed were you using for these photos?

[@colinw8237]

Hi Neil, beautiful photos. Can you tell me could these shots be taken without going into high speed sync ?

[@NeilRedfern]

Hi Colin, yes they could, although you may need to use a narrower aperture to compensate for the slower shutter speed

[@aquiltiburon]

Interesting! Which brand of trigger are you using?

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you! I use a Godox X2T trigger :-)

[@danlektro]

You and Demi have such a wonderful synergy - it's a pleasure to see your many shoots together, Neil! If you ever choose to write a photography manual, I hope you'll use some of the photos you've taken with her. One question - did you consider using hand-held fairy lights to create foreground bokeh for this shoot and then decide to use the snowy overlay for some reason? I'm curious to get your insights regarding this as I always associate you with in-camera foreground bokeh with various gadgets too close to clearly see. Thank you! 🎄

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you so much! That is very kind of you. Demi is amazing to work with! And good question, yes I did, in fact I did on this shoot but the fairylights I had in my bad were too bright for this shoot so I didn't use them in the end. They would have worked if I was outside but not in the studio. I should have brought less powerful fairylights with me!

[@ShadowlightPhotography]

Great shoot and enjoyed seeing your build step by step, always super useful. As much as I love the newer Magbox, I've now found that the diffusion material is prone to snagging very easily (and I really look after my equipment) and use it sparingly as a hobbist and both the 24 and 42" Magbox pro's now have snags/ladders in them and unlike other softboxes you can just buy new diffusion material I worry that these will eventually degrade over time and sooner than they should at the price point.

[@JeffMartinelli]

What light stand did you use?

[@NeilRedfern]

I use a heavy duty stand from Neweer for the MagBox and Manfrotto mini stands for the single speedlights

[@markferrell2470]

Great work, Demi makes sure to dress is as open as possible every break .

[@BostonFeliksovich]

🎄🎄🎄 🎉🎉🎉

[@NeilRedfern]

Thank you!