Flash Photography Basics for Fujifilm Cameras | Lesson 1
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- Flash photography basics for Fujifilm cameras - Lesson 1. Best flash for Fujifilm cameras, benefits of using flash, setting up flash in TTL mode, slow sync, and first time flash use. NOTE: This is the premier video in the new Fujifilm camera flash series. Get notified when I release a new video: pal2tech.com/subscribe
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📔 Table of Contents
00:00 | Intro
00:12 | Opening
00:47 | Poorly-Edited, Pop-Music-Repeating, Vertical Video Disclaimer
01:33 | Benefits of Using a Flash
01:48 | Two Benefits of Using Flash
02:37 | What Flash Should You Use?
03:04 | About TTL (Through The Lens)
04:56 | First Time Flash Use
05:54 | Flash Function Setting
06:12 | Four Types of Flash Categories
06:59 | How To Set Camera In TTL Mode
07:57 | TTL Mode
08:39 | Slow Sync
09:43 | Flash Auto
10:34 | Zoom
11:28 | LED
12:18 | Flash Sync Menu
13:29 | Angle
14:12 | Homework Assignment
16:55 | Conclusion and Goodbye
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As I am older, I much appreciate a paced vlog! Specially when learning something new, where you don't forget to tell us about very important points! Thank you for a great vlog about flashes!!!!!!!!! :) BTW I have a NISI flash, they are another great option. Thank you!
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Hi Chris. Question…. I have the XT-5 and the Flashpoint eVOLV 200 R2 with the R2 PRO Transmitter. Under Flash function settings it says shoe mount flash, but it says OFF and everything is greyed out. I’m going nuts trying to gig out what I’m doing wrong. Can anyone help me?!
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This man really deserves a million subs. Keep it up, man! For us amateurs, these videos are really helpful!
I was just thinking, these videos you are producing are like taking a college course on photography, only in snippets and replay-able as many times as needed. I became a photographer for business in 1989, and although develop/stop/fix are long past for me, the principles of photography remain. Nice work Chris, very helpful to many. TH-cam has evolved into a great resource.
Thank you, 4 years later i finally accepted i don't know how to use flash. The video was easy to understand and now i got my flash working and taking pictures,.
I love all your videos. IMO, you are the best teacher so far. This video explains super clear the basic of flash. Thank you.
Your lesson is awesome!! Very clear in fundamental that I look for a long time.
I got into photography a few months ago, and have loved your videos since day one, can’t wait for the rest of this series
Thank you. It is truly appreciated that you are tackling this important subject. Looking forward to future episodes.
Just excellent presentation Chris. This series is a great idea. Thank you very much!
Thank you Chris for new series of videos, they are sooo useful! Greetings!
Bingo! So glad to see you covering this topic in depth! I know just barely enough to be dangerous, so getting the details will be great - thank you!
This is what I needed it. I'm so excited for the next lessons! I've always struggle shooting with flash and decided to not bother with it until today thanks to you.
Chris, you have no idea how much I needed this video series right now!
I’ve avoided flash as best as possible over the years and while I have a 350f for my Fujis I only use it when absolutely necessary.
Can’t wait for the next instalment!
I’m so happy that this video came out. I was definitely intimidated with flash and taking bite size chunks to learn helps a lot. I don’t feel rushed and overwhelmed.
Amazingly helpful first video. I've had a flash sat on the shelf for a few months now, largely unused. This series and the way you present it is absolutely what I needed.
By far the best flash videos I have seen on TH-cam. I do have a Nikon but everything adapts very easily. Great Job - Please keep them coming.
I only came across your channel two weeks ago and I’m really enjoying it - I love your quick fire delivery. I’m really pleased you are doing a class on flash. I’ve had an 860ii gathering dust for about three years and coincidentally had just bought a whopping great softbox to learn product and food photography. I’m getting the hang of it but it will be great to share in your expertise. Very much looking forward to the next one. Thank you!
It's crazy how good this series of videos is. I've been using flash in all sorts of applications for nearly two years - but I'm still learning heaps from these. Thank you!
Subbing for sure. You're a great teacher, sir!
Going to be honest, I'd much rather learn from you, than go to school for this.
So nice Chris to have this catalogue to refer to. I love shooting with my Fuji cameras and you have taught me much over the journey in an engaging manner. When it's time to try something new (just bought myself a godox flash, prompted by an upcoming party event a friend asked if I would photograph for them), I know just where to turn to get me up to speed. Thanks you again for all of your quality content - it's invaluable.
Awesome video! This series is going to help me so much! I was giving up on flash already!
Thank you so much! Keep the good job!
Thank you! It's a tough to wrap your head around everything that needs to know. Needs this for these indoor winter months.
Given the excellent detail, pace and scope of this one video this series has all the potential for being your best yet (and the previous ones were good!). I've used flash for years but I'm fairly new to Fujifilm and Godox so even this dinosaur learnt something. The effort you've put into this shines through. Thank you.
Chris, you are a saviour! I've had my Godox flash for a couple of years and just couldn't figure it all out. I've watched other videos, read articles - nothing helped. Now I get it! Thank you so much. Can't wait for lesson 2.
This was the perfect first lesson. I got a flash a while ago and have never used it, I'm super excited go grab it and work on my homework!
Excited for all the upcoming lessons
Thank you so much for spending the time on these lessons… I have an X-S10 and a Godox 350 and the pro transmitter… the whole flash thing is so complicated and you explanation fantastic!!! Looking forward to lesson 2!!!
Your videos are awesome and this one really helped me out with exposing backgrounds properly. You are the king of all things Fuji. Thank you!
You're a national treasure @pal2tech. This is a great tutorial for newbie like me who's been fearful of 📸 flash photos. Thank you!
I cannot tell you what a fabulous video this has been. I’ve looked at so many other vids, read books and I’ve always been so confused and intimidated. What a difference hearing you talk about the speed light I’ve got and camera. Well it’s an XT-2 but the menu is similar. I feel much more empowered and won’t look at #2 until I’ve nailed the first one. Thanks Chris. It’s been a lightbulb moment
Chris, Thank you very much for your care and ability to transfer knowledge. Love what you’ve taught about Flash today. Good onya
Always a great video to get back to, when my flash have been on the shelf a bit too long! Great work Chris! Always my first choice channel for Fujifilm stuff!
Chris you are my go to ( and Omar G) when I need to understand something. This is something I’ve needed forever, I have a flash just sitting that I need to start using. Thank you!!!!!!
Oh yeah, I am so very very glad I am a member of this channel, I know the bacic things, to use flash, but I really want to get better at it.
You really are a gift to photographers everywhere! I have been glued to your channel and learnt so much.
Chris, your videos are ALWAYS entertaining and informative. You are my go-to person for all things Fujifilm. I've owned Nikon and Sony cameras and the Fujifilm system (I have the X-T4) is my favorite combination of size and capabilities. You help me fully realize all the camera (and flashes) can do. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks.
You sir are a legend, thankyou oh so much for this very helpful/inspiring lesson! I wish I had found you sooner! Much love from New Zealand!
Great topic, Chris! I consider myself an advanced flash user, and I remember how hard it was to learn. I'm confident that your approach to this subject will make this a lot easier for new adherents. Use of flash just opens up a whole wide world of additional photo making opportunities.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS ! i now finally have a basic understanding of flash, its always been overwhelming and ive hesitated to take it on but you made it all so clear. the lesson is greatly appreciated and now i can begin to apply it. thank you thank you thank you!
Amazing..every new video there is something new to learn ! Thank you !
Much needed. Please keep the series coming uppppp
This is so helpful. Greatly appreciate the effort you’ve put into this.
So excited about this series! Thank you! I love having Homework! Thank you.
Thank you for your great explanations about lightning. That certainly takes away the fear of many. I'm already looking forward to the next episode.
My first foray in to flash. Thank you for breaking it down in to bite-size chunks. I can take it as I need, and get a handle on it slowly but surely. Love your work!
This couldn’t have come at a better time!!! I recently bought a Godox flash for my Xt-2! Thank you so much!
I´ve seen so many flash videos, so I was thinking about skipping this, but I´m glad I didn´t. Now I´m looking forward to the next one. Thank you Chris. This was the best flash course I´ve come across. ☺️
Always watched your Fuji camera and lens review then I discover this.... I really appreciate your effort on this. Really helps much for a beginner in photography like me. Thank you Chris.
Oh and by the way your pace is perfect after all this is technical info and it shouldn’t be rushed. Stay the course. Thanks
Thank you for taking all the time and effort to really teach us. I appreciate your approach.
Thank you! I just recently bought my flash and still learning how to use it and this video has been very helpful. I love the pace and the homework at the end. I can’t wait to get better at it too. Flash is no longer that complicated ‘do not touch’ subject for me as this video encouraged me to take it up. Thank you so much
Thank you for teaching flash photography, and for going sloooooow. I appreciate your easily digestible lessons and homework is fun😁
This is the best Fuji and flash usage ever!!!! Thanks I'm a Nikon guy and never fully understood the Fuji system for flash use.
Thank you Chris. Your videos have been of such value to me as a returning to photography amature photographer. I recently got the xt-5 and I am getting used to it, but needed a flash to do a family event. I picked up the Godox tt685 II f and just got started with this video and I feeling much more confident. Thank you and I will be moving on the the second video after doing my homework.
Thank you! Learnt so much from this video Homework complete! Looking forward to lesson 2.
I was looking for an intro for beginners about how to use the flash and this video is exactly what I needed. Super useful information and clear explanation. Moreover the "homework" at the end of extremely helpful and made me trying different things. This is a fantastic format. I look forward to watching the other videos of this series. Thanks for the great content!
Chris fast and packed however just the right snippet of time. Now to absorb and assimilate and do my homework! Your right many have been overwhelmed with flash and especially the double menu thing. menu on camera and menu on flash!!! Gish! thank you so much!
This is incredibly educational. I bought the Godox 350F flash during the early months of Covid 19 with the hope of learning some flash photography. Never opened the box. Today I found myself turning the room upside down searching for it. Thank you very much Chris.
Thank you so much for this lesson and your enthusiasm.
This is crazy helpful! Thank you so much for making this content.
תודה רבה אתה פשוט אלוף, ההסברים שלך כל מקצועיים ופשוטים ממש אומן. שוב תודה
Thanks again Chris. Excellent video. My TT350F has been gathering dust until this evening. The homework exercise was helpful. I shall practise and then look at the second vidoe.
Super video Chris. Helped to start with foundations. Extremely clear on the menus items and liked the homework; really brought the teachings home. Thank you
You are a really good teacher. Thank you very much.
Hi Chris 👋. You are a fantastic guy, for your generosity on the TH-cam channel, for what you know, for how you tell it, for how didactic you are, the high value of the content you publish, and how useful and practical your videos are. Thank you very much 🙏. You are in my top 5 photography channels. Excuse me for my English, which is not very good due to lack of practice. By the way, it is also one of my reference channels since I have a Funifilm X-S10 😉
This video arrived on my feed at the right time. Literally received my Godox in the mail today for my Fuji XT4 and the “homework” was the best way to start learning what I can do basically with my new toy. Looking forward to the future videos!
What a good video, thanks !! I'm willing to watch the rest of the pack.
This is a fantastic tutorial. Like what others have said, I can't believe I haven't found this channel sooner. Perfect pace. Well done...and thank you.
Superb!
I’m from the stone-age of film and Metz flash and this was the best tutorial I’ve watched. Bravo!
This is a great idea for a series! thanks and wishing you much continued success!
Very helpful Chris especially since I just purchased a Godox 685ii flash for my camera earlier this week and have been trying to get a grasp on it. I'm very much looking forward to this series. Thank you.
Chris thank you so much for this video I’ve been shooting for a couple of years and still did not quite understand flash but I am looking forward to this new series this first video was very helpful please keep it going thank you.
Thanks Chris! It was very helpful and the most awesome lesson I’ve ever seen!
Hi Pal2tech, I am commercial photography student and this topic are on my 1st and 2nd semester but this are still very helpful. I appreciate you doing this as it help a lot of beginners as well.
Thank you Chris. Mine is still in the box for the last year and a half 😂 I’ll give it another shot. Much appreciated it 👍🏼
Thank you!
I've been doing flash photography since 2016, all I can say is, it never hurts to get back to the basics. Especially when photography is not your full time job.
This video was SO helpful! Thank you!!
You are really helpful Chris! You’re really good in explaining this topic!
You are life saver. I'm trying to learn how to use flashes with my fuji camara ever since I got my X-T3. Thank you so much for this lesson. Waiting for more ❤
Thanks for this tutorial. I have to confess that I’m one of those people who owns a flash but it has hardly come out of its box as I have been a bit intimidated with how to use it effectively. As always, you introduce it in a logical and practical way without being condescending. Truly appreciated!
This, right here, is why you are the best. Thank you!
This was a great presentation. Just got the godox you were demonstrating and watching your tutorial and going along made my set up so much easier that reading the 100 page Manuel. I appreciate all that you do for us.
Dude, thanks for this (and all your videos). Seriously appreciate the effort !!!
Awesome presentation my 1st one. You were phenomenal ✨️ I hope to see more.Have a great weekend. 👍
Thank you so much! Looking for your lesson 2 with big interest.
Great video, I bought a flash a couple of months ago and gave up on understanding how it works. Thanks to your video I took I out again to give it another try and it was so much simpler:) Thank you so much Chris!
Non voglio perdermi nemmeno un secondo delle tue lezioni perché spieghi benissimo… Complimenti sei veramente bravo, un vero professionista👍📸
Hi , thanks for you flash series. I knew the most of it already, but it is so fun to what you and your enthusiasm, so I watched it anyway 😊
I did my homework :) Really hard to wait for the second lesson! Thank you so much!
So many questions answered here. thank you so much! Can't wait for the next part
Thanks, Chris, I just got my first “big boy /big girl” hot shoe flash and this is just the level of instruction I need to demystify things and make it less intimidating. Homework was very suitable, too … in other tutorials and books I sometimes read a nice explanation but then the practice exercise is the equivalent of “fly to London and take 40 pictures of different scenes at three different settings each, and on your own analyze them for features a b and c, and there aren’t any wrong answers because it is art.” Your assignment was easy to do at home and good for confidence building for the next step.
Thanks a lot for this lessons! I've never used flash but recently I got one and had no idea about how to start. Thanks!
Yesterday I was thinking to get a flash to boost my photos and today I saw your video of flash. This is destiny.
WOW! THIS VIDEO IS SOOOOO GOOD!!! VERY BASIC 1-2-3 AND SO EASY TO UNDERSTAND!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO...AND OTHER VIDEOS OF THIS TOPIC!💯🤘🏾🤘🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dear Chris, thank you very much. You help me a lot with all your videos. I love you and wish you all the best! Greetings from Berlin!
Mate - thank you so much for this lesson. You've helped me be able to use my flash properly and I've always wanted to do more flash photography
Thanks Chris - I now have the XT-3, the TT685f II, and the GPRO f .. I've watched two step through tutorials by other experts on the Godox kit and was left bemused. I have just watched your part 1 tutorial and it has made things 1000 times clearer, and the homework session has worked, the hands-on element reinforces what you are teaching us. I'm now looking forward to basics 2 and 3. Thanks so much for these tutorials, they are an exemplar of how it should be done.
Another great tutorial. You are amazing! Thank you. This is perfect and answers all my questions about this topic. Greetings from Mallorca
That was amazing work!! I wanted to learn how to use a flash but it was so confusing. But this video just made it so simple and that homework section was 🔥🔥. Waiting for your next lesson 🤩