Using a Shutter Drag with Rear Curtain Sync

[@numgourmetdesserts6722]

You make everything soooo much easier than everyone else ha ha thank you!

[@MattHernandez]

Thank you so much!

[@boostedmaniac]

Thanks Matt! You have some of the greatest how to on KZbin. Love your videos.

[@MattHernandez]

Wow, thanks!

[@DJCENTIF1]

The best tutorial on this subject. There are many photographers who try to explain but you do the best. Hope to try this Sunday

[@MattHernandez]

Thanks brother! Let me know how it goes.

[@numgourmetdesserts6722]

@@MattHernandez I tried this being SOOOO excited to get something like this buuuut it didnt quite work lol. Any suggestions? I watched the video 4 times all the way through and still couldn't get it. Black room, had ights where you had them, Had the settings the same, had a modeling light with the gel on her left, main light on the right at about 6.5 power and had my camera on rear curtain shutter. I didnt have a beauty dish on my main light though... Could that of been the issue?

[@chapelmice]

Great video, clear and easy to follow. An amazing subject too.Cheers Matt.

[@MattHernandez]

Thank you so much!

[@SenorGancho]

Awesome Thank you Matt. I appreciated you talking specifically about your 'settings', both camera and flash, and sharing ypuur thought process for adjustments. That was what I was looking for!

[@MattHernandez]

Glad it was helpful!

[@BrianHalePhoto]

2:36 holy crap that articulating transmitter! That is brilliant! sorry, i just never seen such a thing. Wish Godox would do that.

[@danleamons]

Great stuff. Thanks for showing stuff like this. I’ve been watching a lot of your content lately to build my ocf skills a bit.

[@MattHernandez]

Good deal man, thank you. Happy I’ve been able to help out!

[@TTL_Fotografia]

Thanks !! You are one of my main references on photography! (From Brazil)

[@MattHernandez]

Happy to hear that!

[@nextsteptahiti8222]

Matt, you're my inspiration for starting photography. Thank you and may you be prosper and well :)

[@MattHernandez]

Wow, thank you!

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Matt for the helpful and informative tutorial! God bless and good luck!

[@MattHernandez]

Absolutely I love doing it. Thanks for watching!

[@bala1000mina]

@@MattHernandez You're very welcome!

[@BelaMardia]

Very nice .. have a question how to get this result with one light profoto b 10 and canon 80 d with 24 105 lens ?

[@MattHernandez]

Thanks! Yes I would think so.

[@thenikonjones]

Awesome! What do you have the FJ400 set to as far as mode? Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@MattHernandez]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. I just had them on normal mode for this technique.

[@carolinemalouf3278]

That was also my question!

[@isoawe1888]

Thanks for another great one Matt. Can I float an idea to see if you think it’d work. I have a camera trigger and, of course, flask trigger. Set camera to bulb. Depress camera trigger and hold. When she gets to peak action, manually trigger strobe. Any problems you think of? Thanks.

[@MattHernandez]

Thank you! I’ve actually been wanting to try that out myself! Great idea. Let me know how it goes

[@tonymag28]

wow what a great idea, i'm going to try that as well

[@cdh378]

thats impressive you held the camera so still, even with it proped on floor.

[@MattHernandez]

Thanks haha! LOTS of practice

[@davidyager2579]

Thank you, good video. What kind is the camera strap you are using in the video? Thanks.

[@MattHernandez]

Rapid strap. Thank you!

[@vishsolo2879]

nice one how to turn on front curtain sync btw ? you mentioned rear,cheers

[@MattHernandez]

Thanks! On my Sony cameras I just go into the flash settings and you can set it to rear curtain.

[@MattHernandez]

Sorry I misread that. Once you’re in the flash settings on Sony is just a regular lightening bolt.

[@enigma4128]

Thanks for that! Great video as always. Great to see you back at these!

[@MattHernandez]

More to come!

[@SueMeier-w4q]

When are you clicking the shutter button?

[@MattHernandez]

When she starts moving, holding it until the end when the strobe fires and freezes her.

[@mikeregas3342]

Awesome video Matt! For the LED you mentioned Solex and I tried looking it up but couldn't find anything on it. Is it just a regular constant LED? Can you use RGB LEDs instead of gelling a white one? Thanks again!

[@MattHernandez]

Westcott actually just discontinued the Solex I believe. They also came out with the L120-B, which I’ll be doing a new video on soon. I highly recommend that one!

[@MattHernandez]

Yes, you could totally use an RGB!

[@DoveSharma]

She is the cutest model in any youtube photography video.

[@MattHernandez]

I’ll make sure her mom knows you said that!

[@razerone49]

I don’t know why but that came off super creepy to me

[@keepingtherubberdown5715]

@MattHernandez, so I have an A7IV and using GODOX flashes. V1S speed flash and AD200, AD300 and AD400. I have not been able to get rear curtain sync to work with my V1S on camera which is when I want to use it. Do you know is the only way to use rear curtain is with flash off the camera and using the trigger? I know I have to go into menu 16 and physically turn on the rear curtain sync in the camera. But, every time I try seems the flash still acts as fill flash and will not delay. Thanks for your videos and time.

[@MattHernandez]

I’m sorry I’m not familiar with those lights. I know on my westcott lights I have to change the flash to rear curtain on the trigger. I’d call the manufacturer and ask them or email them.

[@keepingtherubberdown5715]

@@MattHernandez Thanks.. I was able to find out that I actually have to go into the camera menu an change to rear curtain.

[@wayneparris2626]

Love all your work, Matt! I was wondering how big your backdrop was for this shot. I know the comments say X-Drop, but it appears to be something else in the video. Is it an 8x8? Also, what ws the actual color of the fabric she was using? I couldn't tell it is was all blue and the green LED was changing the color, or if it tapered from blue to white. Thanks

[@MattHernandez]

It’s the 9x20 Westcott fabric backdrop. Sorry I need to change that. Thanks for letting me know! Here’s the link: fjwestcott.myshopify.com?sca_ref=2860320.WGNh3o3iRN&sca_source=www.fjwestcott.com/products/wrinkle-resistant-backdrop-rich-black-9-x-20

[@jessitrueg4714]

Thanks Matt Great stuff as always!

[@MattHernandez]

Thank you so much! And thanks for watching 😃

[@DineYazhi]

Everytime i do this i always get a blury image of the subject... I wonder what i am doing wrong.

[@MattHernandez]

You’ve either got too much ambient or a strobe that’s not powerful or turned up enough. Gotta have little to no ambient for it to really work

[@DineYazhi]

@@MattHernandez I do not know what i am doing wrong here but my settings are 5" F7.1 with 200 ISO. My flash power is 1/64

[@dbenedict357]

@@DineYazhicrank that flash power up!

[@ganvansamkar1066]

Heyy Matt, is that organza cloth you got on a stick? Awesome

[@MattHernandez]

I’m not sure she ordered it 😂

[@Just_Samson]

FYI: a shooting (rifle) bag helps when shooting from the ground. Small beanbags work too. 😉

[@MattHernandez]

Sorry I don’t follow…helps what?

[@ArminHirmer]

awesome

[@MattHernandez]

Thank you!

[@dlsdrums6747]

What gels did you use? And how did you mount them with the softbox? Great video as always. Thanks!

[@MattHernandez]

Thank you! These are Rosco gels. I just taped them on the front, but you have to make sure as little light leaks out as possible that’s not gelled. That causes your color to lose saturation.

[@SueMeier-w4q]

You shot these with a fairly lit studio. Correct?

[@MattHernandez]

No it was pretty dark for the most part. The LED should be the only thing on.

[@ClarkSandersPhotography]

So good man! So many things I want to try! Just have to make myself DO THEM! 😂

[@MattHernandez]

You can do it!

[@Superedgar10media]

More vids w only 1 fj400 plz..

[@MattHernandez]

I’ll see what I can do!

[@davidericksonmedia]

Great info and explanation!

[@MattHernandez]

Glad it was helpful!

[@studiocreate3283]

Hey Matt, Patrick here from my studio account! Do you have a video on how you do this with front curtain sync on football players like you mentioned?

[@MattHernandez]

I don’t no, but it’s pretty simple. I just focus, take the shot, then move the camera after during the shutter drag.

[@Chickboom34]

great tips!

[@MattHernandez]

Glad you like them!

[@alitheo1]

thanks a lot for this viddeo

[@MattHernandez]

Absolutely thanks for watching!

[@thatguyslush5779]

Hell heah

[@MattHernandez]

Thanks!

[@richardraine2075]

Audio is j u st important as the image.

[@MattHernandez]

It is haha. We were learning on this one. Saved it the best we could.