Top 3 Off-Camera Flash Mistakes Photographers Make

[@TuffManTal_code1995]

i'm a professional photographer for years now but still whenever i see magmod drop Sir Pye's any video i know there'll be more things to learn and i'll get even better Thank you soo much

[@MagnetMod]

We love hearing that. We have enjoyed working with Pye over the last year to create educational videos for photographers that are using flash and it makes us happy to know that people have been enjoying and learning from them.

[@payamjirsa]

Appreciate that, glad you're enjoying them!

[@ralfheyer1335]

Pye as always the best teacher. It's not rocket science using flash, but he is breaking up the process in small and logical steps showing the the results in comparison how not to do it. 6 of 5 stars!

[@payamjirsa]

Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed!

[@martinovicisorin7656]

Pye, you are the best teacher of flash I could find on KZbin! I learned almost everything I know about flash from you. You have a real teaching talent.

[@MagnetMod]

He is an amazing instructor!

[@payamjirsa]

Much thanks Martin!

[@TheOlandex]

Another great vid from a guy who knows his business! I've always been a natural light photographer when shooting outdoors, reserving the strobes for the studio. Most of my client work outdoors has been in the style of "let's go for a walk, and we'll get shots as we go". Using flash is so much more intentional, but so powerful that I have been needing to use it more recently, so I appreciate these tutorials as they help keep my thinking pointed in the right direction once I pull that flash and modifier out of the bag.

[@MagnetMod]

Love this! Really appreciate you sharing how these videos are helping out.

[@Maz-2393]

Dulcet tones of Pye... soothing and filled with priceless knowledge. Thanks man!

[@footmerc]

Pye, you are a master teacher. Love the way you explain and show things. Great job dude!

[@sunlightphotography6848]

Thank you for sharing the tutorial, Pye. Could you share your light stand model and bracket please? Regards

[@tonylovephotography]

Hey Pye...listen, this video is perhaps the most Comprehensive instructor how to use off camera flash ...now I'm your Subscribers on photography with Real insights / Tutorials.😊...be bless

[@tym8]

Pye with premium education always

[@MagnetMod]

Always! We always enjoy Pye's teaching style.

[@jerrym8140]

For sure!!

[@josediazh3890]

Muchas gracias.

[@adriennecomeau9750]

Excellent tutorial Pye! Ever since I learned CAMP from you, I use it all the time!

[@MagnetMod]

It is definitely a great way to plan a shot. Fantastic acronym.

[@ChristopherSoules]

Pye, thanks for this. Such a great explanation!

[@MagnetMod]

He’s pretty awesome

[@wilbmoore]

Pye, you really move in your gift to teach. Simple, to the point, and concise. Most excellent as usual, my friend.

[@payamjirsa]

I appreciate that!

[@olegsemenov2835]

thank you Pye! Very useful as usual!

[@MagnetMod]

He's a great teacher!

[@ckstudiosphotography1937]

These videos are great! Love them! I keep seeing videos with one model... sometimes two. It's pretty straight forward when working with one person, what about families? how do you light family outdoor portraits? I often have family shoots with 6 or more people. in these cases, where the light source needs to be further from you subjects, what lights and modifiers do you like to use? Once again, I so appreciate your content and products! Thanks

[@johnharkness6095]

I love the CAMP acronym! It’s a process I will follow as I learn lighting.

[@MagnetMod]

Acronyms are such great ways of learning. Easy to remember.

[@KatelynDayley]

Seriously so awesome! 📸 Loved how you break it down in such an easy-to-follow way. Your tips are always gold Pye! Thanks for making learning OCF fun and simple. Looking forward to more great videos.

[@payamjirsa]

Yay, glad you enjoyed!

[@erikmelgoza8528]

Thanks for the information.... always on point

[@MagnetMod]

You bet

[@WavyFBaby]

Hi there. Great video. I just bought the NEEWER Q4 400Ws 2.4G TTL Outdoor Studio Flash Strobe. I am new to off camera flash and wanted to get your opinion on if this flash was a good purchase and also I’d like to know what else I need to buy to be ready. Thank you!

[@shawndachisholm4543]

So did I! I’d love to hear what he thinks about this flash

[@marcusprime357]

Great video! I have a question. How do you clean the defusion material on the softbox? Can I just wash it with normal detergents?

[@tksarah10]

Always so helpful!

[@MagnetMod]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ClarenceChilanga-cs7dp]

Always straight to the point 👍

[@MagnetMod]

Amen!

[@FinesseMediaPro]

Thanks so much for this very helpful and simple to follow video. It be great to see more, maybe some set ups with common flash groups most photographers use at weddings ie: godox ad200 pro etc. Some BTS on different types of shoots, lighting tips and choice of modifiers along with the why. Thanks in advance for all you do!

[@saqibminhas5755]

Excellent tutorial

[@amanra1595]

Great tutorial loved it

[@MagnetMod]

Glad you liked it

[@saschabraun5600]

Great explaining, thank you 👌 If I may ask, what kind of tripod are you using for your video?

[@MrGeorgephadel]

First image, shutter speed 400, in this case it is over high sync limit for canon when using a flash. So in this case was it high speed sync as some cameras high speed sync automatically kick in when it is over high speed limit. Please clarify thanks PYE!!

[@Pixelpeeps-69]

Fantastic work 👌 do you use protective lens filters on your expensive canon lenses?

[@ankh-lyfe]

Another awesome video. You mentioned to set the ambient with aperture and I'd like to know if we can set it with shutter speed? Why would we want to set the ambient with aperture vs shutter speed and vs versa.

[@sunyclubband4203]

if you want to blur the background set it with the shutter speed and lower your aperture

[@garyclennan2993]

Thanks for the video! Seems like you were adjusting aperture to control ambient when I was taught to use shutter speed for ambient. Am I missing something? :) Thanks.

[@MagnetMod]

When using flash you can usually only adjust shutter for ambient up to 1/200th or 1/250th of a second. After that you have to use high speed sync (if you flash has it) in order to get higher shutter speeds, but that also kills your flashes efficiency as it has to fire multiple times. So adjusting aperture instead allows you to keep your shutter at say 1/200th and still be able to darken down the scene if desired. Of course, the other thing to consider is ISO. If you want to darken the ambient you will want to keep that low at say ISO 100 for example.

[@antoinernb9398]

Great job

[@balukblah963]

Always, at his best...Thankyou...!!🙏

[@kortskonversations]

Perfect useful video thank u

[@ashishkakade596]

quality content... always!

[@BostonSideways]

Great video! I find that the main issue I have with the small diffuser is a hard shadow on the nose. Any tips for that? I don’t always have the space for an octa

[@payamjirsa]

Lighting angle becomes that much more important when you're using hard light.

[@paigeofstylez]

Pye, what light stands are you using outside the studio, for strobes

[@jonjourneys6932]

Pye's videos are SO good... step by step and easy to understand. Any chance you're going to make instructional math videos for 10th graders? I can't help my kid!😂

[@SyafiqBaharuddin]

Is it a must that to use the round shape softbox? Is it all right if i just use the rectangle one?

[@bravophotography2023]

Could you share the way you modify the background on Photoshop. I'm curious what method you use. Screen on blending mode plus opacity?

[@payamjirsa]

It's more simple, just using the AI generative fill with basic clone/healing.

[@bravophotography2023]

​@@payamjirsa alright. Thanks

[@marclabro]

nice tuto. I was wondering why you use F9... showing the house behind,... but I suppose you tried not to exceed 1/200s to avoid HSS and flash power too low. Correct ?

[@MagnetMod]

Yes, exactly. It was to darken the sky down a bit.

[@williamsbrain]

Thank you for this

[@MagnetMod]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bruce-le-smith]

Thank you!

[@lidiasanchez7044]

Thank you

[@MagnetMod]

You're welcome

[@MartinV.]

Great Video!!

[@MagnetMod]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SysGamiing]

I had watched this video, then made mistake #1 onset but didn't understand what the problem was. Then after the set, I realized that I didn't follow the CAMP method. Thanks.

[@kengary5788]

This method vs HSS? This provides another option dealing with ambient light and saves flash battery, would you say this is dependent on background?

[@alvinbartolome1239]

Awesome

[@thats_mr_b_]

My guy Pye, just more outside flash tutorials, but with men and or couples. My my biggest struggle right now is walking into an area and figuring out how to use it. I understand light direction but would still love to just see the area as a whole and figure out how this is an area can be use.

[@MagnetMod]

thanks for the idea.

[@thats_mr_b_]

@@MagnetMod thanx for the video

[@neptunenighttimeservices7964]

Any videos on photo editing in photoshop

[@MrGeorgephadel]

PYE Why do you take off the trigger instead of turning it off?? Thank you!!

[@payamjirsa]

Haha, this is an old school thing. Cameras can tend to act wonky (more so in the past) with the remote on. I.E. the exposure preview changes, and what not even when the remote is off. So to not deal with that, I always got int the habit of just taking the remote off. For the purpose of education, it's also a very clear indicator/proof that I'm not using flash.

[@kenhuang3820]

Wouldn't TTL automatically adjust the power

[@konstantinrask7983]

One more thing, when shoot outdoors. The position of flash according to the sun. Sometimes when people use sun as a rim light and highlight the shadow area of model with the flash. final picture look like cartoon and not natural. Like bad collage in photoshop. But sometimes it looks ok. Still can not figure out why. And when place flash at the same side as the sun it looks way better. If you can do some example vids about this it would be be great. Thank you.

[@myfakeguuglaccount8307]

Ok. But how did you find a bridge without "residents" below? 😬

[@Iamkitkatbar]

Living in the middle of nowhere helps

[@pixelscaper]

You do not HAVE to keep taking your trigger off the camera to get your ambient. Put a piece of tape over the four small hotshoe terminals and leave the large firing terminal exposed. Now you can see/change your ambient and STILL be able to adjust/fire your flash.

[@markwillride]

On canon and using Godox triggers at least, you can just turn off the trigger to see ambient.

[@pixelscaper]

@@markwillride With the tape you don't even have to turn the trigger off...you just always see the ambient.

[@markwillride]

@@pixelscaper I get it now. I think there's a related setting I'll have to check on. Much of the time I'm using flash is at wedding receptions where ambient at 1/160 f2.8 iso 1600 is pretty dark. With normal operation where you don't see ambient it helps for composition in a fast moving environment. But for times when ti's bright enough your trick would certainly be helpful. I've actually seen the normal operation make the viewfinder too bright when you're working in a lot of light in the background and the subject is in the dark waiting for the flash. I'll give your tip a try!

[@elram2649]

Pye's a cool guy, and his teaching style is very effective. I'm very proud of him even though I've never met him. For me, he's like an older brother. 🙂

[@payamjirsa]

Thanks my guy!

[@angusmacdonald8340]

I'm not sure why he's always stopping down rather than raising his shutter speed to main he DOF though...pretty basic...he's at 1/200 and he could jack it up to 1/8000 and use HSS and have some creamy bokeh

[@MagnetMod]

Lots of ways of doing things for sure. The only disadvantage of HSS is you lose flash power and fire through batteries pretty quickly.

[@Project_2501]

I think "mistake" is not the correct word for the first 3 showcase shots.

[@MagnetMod]

:) Yeah they are great final shots.

[@rami87filmmaker]

1ST MISTAKE.... DONT USING SANDBOX , JAJAJAJA

[@markparris5255]

Thank you