As a soon to be retiree ( 23 Jan ) next year. I've decided to take up photography as a hobby. Your explanation of how a flash works is the best I've seen and I could actually understand everything. From now on it will be down to trial and error.😁
Finally a video where I can understand the flash principles 🎉I been struggling to know a bit more about flashes 😢and you explained it so well 🎉 thanks for that 😅actually I got the godox V1 before watching this video and then you let us know that one is the one you use and that is great to know is yhe one you use 😮at least you gave me a nice place to start about photography with flash🎉I’ve been photographing a lot and you COB as my main liGHTS, I wanted to learn flash thanks for the head start 😊
@@Todd_Kuhns It's not an easy subject to teach via video without considerable effort. If I had one suggestion... add comparison images similar to the phone. As visual learner its easier for me to hear the explanation and see the results. Just my 2 cents.
@@Todd_Kuhnsdetermining light placement, and background placement. Working with a 1 light, or 2 light set up. I'm self taught, and "wing" a lot of things lol. Would be nice to see the correct approach to lighting.
Very informative video, Todd. Would love to see you continue developing this into a "mini-series" to keep building on flash photography, expanding on one light studio setup, then what difference it makes adding a second light, then a third. Maybe what back lighting does for the subject,, be it an object or a person. Then maybe how light can be used outside, coordinated with sunlight direction. Looking forward to another one! Thanks!
Very helpful video! My question: What would be the best way to light-up small/middle sized room for lifestyle shots? I was thinking about continuous light using godox off-camera strobe with lantern-shaped softbox, but from what I understand, you get much less power (light) with continuous light when compared to flash, but what I like about continuous light is that you can directly see how the final photo will look like.
It is true that you’ll get more power from strobes. Many strobes have a modeling light so that you can see what the light is doing before it flashes. As for lighting up a room, the lanterns are a good option. I’d also suggest bouncing light off the ceiling. Thanks for the comment!
Hi, unfortunately you only have the audio on the left channel. If the video is listened to with headphones it is quite painful. It is best to play your video again with the audio source in mono.
As a soon to be retiree ( 23 Jan ) next year. I've decided to take up photography as a hobby. Your explanation of how a flash works is the best I've seen and I could actually understand everything. From now on it will be down to trial and error.😁
Thank you for watching and thanks for the comment! I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks Todd, very informative!
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!
Finally a video where I can understand the flash principles 🎉I been struggling to know a bit more about flashes 😢and you explained it so well 🎉 thanks for that 😅actually I got the godox V1 before watching this video and then you let us know that one is the one you use and that is great to know is yhe one you use 😮at least you gave me a nice place to start about photography with flash🎉I’ve been photographing a lot and you COB as my main liGHTS, I wanted to learn flash thanks for the head start 😊
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment! Glad it helped.
This helped me so very much!!
Thank you!
Thanks for watching and for the comment! Appreciated it
Nice beginning tutorial. Bravo.
Ha, you know I’ve attempted this before.
@@Todd_Kuhns It's not an easy subject to teach via video without considerable effort. If I had one suggestion... add comparison images similar to the phone. As visual learner its easier for me to hear the explanation and see the results. Just my 2 cents.
@@robinstone564 good point
Love this! Would love one on studio lights!
I’ll make a note if that. Anything specific you’d like to see?
@@Todd_Kuhnsdetermining light placement, and background placement. Working with a 1 light, or 2 light set up. I'm self taught, and "wing" a lot of things lol. Would be nice to see the correct approach to lighting.
@@wrise8471 Thanks for the idea. You've got me thinking and planning.
Very informative video, Todd. Would love to see you continue developing this into a "mini-series" to keep building on flash photography, expanding on one light studio setup, then what difference it makes adding a second light, then a third. Maybe what back lighting does for the subject,, be it an object or a person. Then maybe how light can be used outside, coordinated with sunlight direction. Looking forward to another one! Thanks!
@@ghillieghost4345 Thanks! Always enjoy your input.
Very helpful video! My question: What would be the best way to light-up small/middle sized room for lifestyle shots? I was thinking about continuous light using godox off-camera strobe with lantern-shaped softbox, but from what I understand, you get much less power (light) with continuous light when compared to flash, but what I like about continuous light is that you can directly see how the final photo will look like.
It is true that you’ll get more power from strobes. Many strobes have a modeling light so that you can see what the light is doing before it flashes. As for lighting up a room, the lanterns are a good option. I’d also suggest bouncing light off the ceiling. Thanks for the comment!
Hi, unfortunately you only have the audio on the left channel. If the video is listened to with headphones it is quite painful.
It is best to play your video again with the audio source in mono.
Thanks for letting me know