SPEEDLITE BASICS | Male Portraits with Speedlites

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[@darrenweston8085]

What a breath of fresh air.... an actual tutorial.... not selling anything but teaching. Thank you. Loved it ...

[@gilgamesh8987]

Outstanding speedlite tut! Thanks for your knowledge, and time!

[@natearts09]

You're an awesome teacher. I'm grateful to have found your video's/ work

[@ThePhotographerAcademy]

Thank you

[@Narsuitus]

Thank you for the excellent video. I have saved it for future reference.

[@ChrisHornby]

Thank you, That is a REALLY useful intro, as someone else mentioned I will now be able to get a speedlite and feel immediately confident in it's use. Have subscribed for more :)

[@sdfsqftg5732]

Very pleased with this item. Keeps good readings

[@danieljones163]

Super simple and super results. Thanks, Mark for a very informative half hour.

[@andyz_w3584]

mark you came back! love it

[@Michael-zz7nt]

Very helpful. Excellent job, Mark.

[@desmondedwards4486]

Really enjoyed that Mark. Very informative, thank you.

[@raulmoyamulaphotography9781]

Fantastic tutorial, thank you

[@danmahil1283]

Ace, thanks for this

[@chikung]

Hi. Thanks for the good tutorial. What was the zoom value on the speedlites?

[@GeorgeStar]

Really excellent tutorial.

[@hanslain9729]

Fantastic. Thanks!

[@clairebeach1]

Hiya mark, Just starting to use flash, Thanks for this video appreciate the free content. Mark, I was wondering if you could help me with a problem `Im having when I use my sony a9 with the godox V1 flash. Im getting a lag from when I press the shutter to the flash going off. so would miss the shot. happens if flash is on the camera or using the Pottix pro Xs transmitter, using high speed sync for sport. Anything I need to change in the camera to rectify this. thanks Claire

[@norfener]

Funny that I've always thought (but a bit shy in saying) that I'd like to photograph older male models rather than blonde bimbos, as I thought that the photos would have so much more depth and character

[@Stone1108]

Must get hot for the models, hard work but great results.

[@petesvidz]

Don't have a light meter but I use a grey card which is cheaper and does the same job.

[@jerryphoto1]

Peter Glynn hey gray card is for accurate color your light meter is for correct exposure

[@petesvidz]

You can use the Grey Card to set the Correct exposure also you get someone to hold the Grey card take there photo zoom in on the Grey on the back of your camera if it's a nikon or if it's a canon take the camera closer to the subject till you fill the frame then when you look at your histogram once you get the spike down the Middle you have the Correct exposure.

[@acastellanosp]

That is not completely correct. That is valid for natural or ambient light using the camera built-in light meter, which measures reflected light. But using flash, the external light meter is the proper way to measure the incident light of the flash, the exposure in this case cannot be measured with a grey card.

[@petesvidz]

Alejandro Castellanos I beg to differ as I am in group on Facebook who will tell you the same thing and there are a lot of people in the group and the group is called speedlite and strobe fundamentals. A beginners guide to learning OCF.

[@acastellanosp]

Maybe I did not explain myself correctly, I apologize. Of course you can use the grey card to evaluate the exposure with and without flash. But it requires some test shots and some time checking the exposure parameters. But with a hand lightmeter, you can set the correct exposure as you are setting your lights, even without taking the camera out of the bag. And this is a big time saver when your model is there waiting ;)

[@markharris5771]

Why are so many images of black people turned to black and white? It a left over from older film days when the film gave a poor representation of black skin tones, but cameras can easily handle all skin tones. There was far too much specular lighting on the model.

[@leecy7762]

what's your problem

[@markharris5771]

Lee Cy Lee Cy Years ago you couldn’t get black skin tones right on film, but things have moved on. Just watch how often it’s done on KZbin where images are turned to black and white because people aren't prepared to put the effort in. The only people I know on KZbin that will leave their images in colour is Jay P Morgan on Slanted Lens and Joe Edelman but they put the effort in to keep their highlights under control. I’m not accusing anyone of racism, just laziness. It’s the same for bald men where they always do that grungy black and white look to get rid of the specular highlights.

[@GeorgeStar]

Color is usually irrelevant and a distraction in portraits. Why do you need to see the exact skin color? What's interesting is tone, texture and shape.

[@leecy7762]

. Colour is not irrelevant anyone who thinks it isn't should step in my shoes for a day. Don't worry this isn't me going on about the norm just me pointing out I wish we were all colour blind life would be so much more bearable.

[@leecy7762]

Hi Mark, Thanks for being more explicit, as a black person just thought here we go again.