Easy Flash Photography: BEST Lighting Modifiers (Tutorial and Techniques)

Here are all of my best flash modifiers for my favorite lighting setups in flash photography. This flash photography tutorial for easy flash photography.
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It will show off my favorite indoor flash photography and outdoor flash photography techniques for making flash photography look like natural light with off-camera flash photography lighting.
Here's the BEST Lighting Modifiers Tutorial and Techniques for you. Learn easy steps and lighting setups on this Easy Flash Photography video.
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[@marzatomika]

Great video. This needs more views

[@VanessaJoy]

Glad you think so!

[@jimwlouavl]

I enjoyed your explanations of why you’d use each modifier, particularly your pointing out where you wanted the light to fall.

[@TheOtherPhotoGuy]

Thanks for sharing this, a great series... must be awesome shooting with such killer set ups. Thanks again!

[@guygui19]

Merci Vanessa, super vidéo !!!

[@Mzzibah]

Just getting into this more seriously and your videos are some of the best I’ve seen.

[@m.legato3698]

Great video as always!

[@richardwagner3317]

Some amazing photos

[@williamebert6047]

Love it, thank you

[@Uniqdna]

Great tips!

[@jalford5073]

The way you setup the umbrella/ defuse is genius. I’ve always opened the umbrella first and struggled to get it on 🤯

[@micknificent]

I ran and got my umbrella to try that set up. Ive had my umbrella for a year and always have struggle putting it on. If it wasn’t for your comment I’ve would have missed it. Thank you J!

[@MarkPariente]

Impressed how comfortable you are shooting all day with the heavy 28-70 f2.0 lens and a battery grip - that combo is an arm workout for sure!

[@VanessaJoy]

Haha yes it is!

[@omicrondec]

Right?! Vanessa's got endurance.

[@natestain7103]

So glad I stumbled onto your channel! Many thanks for the pro tips.

[@VanessaJoy]

My pleasure ☺️

[@jamesgraham3889]

Great video Vanessa., The best advice I ever received was to ignore the people that want to criticize my work unless they are my customers. There are tons of armchair photographers and critics out there. But if your customers love your work then who cares what anyone else thinks.

[@cosmo0080]

good review thanks Vanessa

[@tommynikon2283]

Great results, simple mods....used effectively. Bonus: Vanessa mastered vertical grip! Been shooting w/ the same equivalent since the 70's; can't shoot w/o the accessory. For me.....easy/no problems- even w/ a Manfrotto plate/QR. NATURAL for me- and I think required for Portraiture. Bonus: extra juice. I have NEVER run out of power since DSLRs hit the scene, because w/ a grip, you always have (2) batteries per body.. It's the Reviews/Playback that take up the majority of power resources.

[@xFINCHx21]

You’ll always get me to watch any video with Julianna in it.

[@VanessaJoy]

Haha

[@lalanargawaallinoneadivasi6902]

Nice 👌

[@policeluber6720]

Fro,hit,that $hitte man what a camera !

[@chink21]

Top woman learning a lot from you thanks Vanessa

[@VanessaJoy]

Thanks for watching!

[@chink21]

@@VanessaJoy wouldn’t miss it fir the world 👍🏻

[@_0O0O0O0_]

I like your style

[@leonardberardis9715]

Awesome video

[@VanessaJoy]

Thx ☺️

[@SusanneGeert]

AMAZING - such a helpful video Vanessa 🙌🏼 Thanks for sharing! Just to be sure I understand - which umbrella is it you use at 3:27 (which size)? Is with light inside this modifier turning towards the subject or away and being bounced? Would you recommend getting a white material like this for my umbrella (I meant what is the advantage of the white cover)? Thanks a lot in advance ;-)

[@xar1fx]

You are pretty and can easily be model too

[@VanessaJoy]

You’re so kind. Thanks!

[@Pezinokrm]

Hello great behind the scene video one question where did you get the camera Strap? thanks...

[@joshiprashant7665]

Very nice vedio

[@kulwindersingh6036]

❤

[@prakashprakash-ps5pv]

వనెస్సా జాయ్ వెరీ థాంక్స్ ఫర్ షేరింగ్ Loving ప్రొఫెషన్

[@juniorserecuerda8612]

Vanessa what type of c-stand or portable stand do you use with the profoto equipment. There is no link for that particular device under you Gear Links.

[@foggymossstudio]

Nice

[@VanessaJoy]

Thanks

[@Neanderthal_yardy]

Love it! Given the big jump for content creators and competition to afford camera equipment. I was thinking what kinds of flash or strobe should I buy to over power the sun that uses rechargeable batteries? Thanks in advance

[@VanessaJoy]

I’m a fan of the Profoto B 10 personally but I hear the Profoto A2 is great as well. All use rechargeable lithium batteries

[@tommynikon2283]

And one thing I've always said when people ask me what I do, or what I shoot: I just say "I'm a visual problem solver." Because what you start with NEEDS a solution; you have a "problem" that via concept, lighting, in-camera wizardry, and even more so in post afterwards.....hopefully provides an answer, a fix, a solution that works.

[@VanessaJoy]

I love that

[@gavinjoel905]

i realize Im pretty off topic but do anybody know a good site to watch newly released series online?

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@Gavin Joel I watch on flixzone. You can find it on google :)

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@Darren Vincenzo Yup, I've been using FlixZone for years myself =)

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@Darren Vincenzo thanks, signed up and it seems to work :D I really appreciate it !!

[@euartes2794]

05:08 😍💜💙💚

[@RepSpartaRP]

Can someone tell me why using a grid AND e difuser on the beauty dish? Not questioning, just want to learn. Tks!

[@VanessaJoy]

Grid directs the light, and while the diffuser helps spread it to reduce skin shine, it doesn’t spread it back out to what it would be without the grid

[@kibbsnowden6893]

It must be great to have all that equipment ...;)

[@VanessaJoy]

No. It’s great to have WORKED for all of this equipment

[@kibbsnowden6893]

@@VanessaJoy No equipment no work...:)

[@ARKenMan]

@@VanessaJoy right on!

[@frankluo230]

Why shooting at iso50 instead of 100 or even 200? Surely R5 and 1DX III would be able to handle that without any noticeable noise. Dynamic range wise, using external lighting helps a lot to avoid extremely contrasty scene. I mean B10 is powerful enough but saving 2stops of output gives you faster cycle time and a lot more headroom.

[@hawg427]

Vanessa, what is your favorite Profoto for in studio & on location?

[@VanessaJoy]

B10

[@fsobottka]

How does using the 135mm lens change how the light acts?

[@memcrew1]

It flares(haze) the image.

[@ArcanePath360]

Just looked up that light on Amazon and saw the cost 😮 Still picking myself up off the ground.

[@TheSlackassCrew]

Your makeup has been looking killer lately

[@VanessaJoy]

Aw thx!

[@DeWaltDisney]

15:07 - Hate to be that person but... With mirrorless cameras, if the camera is still turned on when you change lenses, the sensor acts as like an electromagnetic vacuum for charged dust particles to enter and stick to it. Something I learned the hard way from using Cinema EOS cameras in the field... and sometimes in actual fields.

[@VanessaJoy]

I’m aware 😉

[@RichardJPhotog]

Question...when you first had the umbrella close, the fill was too bright. My first inclination would be to increase shutter speed. Im always afraid moving the light back might look harsh. thoughts? TY BTW...

[@natestain7103]

I’m guessing HSS would produce a different light effect with faster shutter. Darkening the background too much, causing you to need to up ISO when not ideal.

[@tedming3515]

The only problem with this video is that the first music track is played back only for ten seconds. How come Vanessa?!! It is the most funky and groovy one. You should have used it as a major one threading through the entire video.