Create Soft Light Portraits with Speedlights: Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace
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In this episode, Mark Wallace uses speedlights and some simple light-shaping tools to create soft light for beautiful portraits. Mark uses a shoot-through umbrella, reflector with a grid, and a snoot to shape light in a small studio. This is a setup that can be modified to fit almost any studio and budget.
Model: Juana Espínola
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Products Used:
Nikon D750 DSLR Body
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Nikon 85mm f/1.8G AF-S FX NIKKOR Lens
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Savage 43"" Translucent Shoot Through Umbrella
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Flashpoint 7"" Bowens Reflector With Grid Kit
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Flashpoint Snoot Kit for Bowens Mount Strobes
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Glow S2 Round Flash S-type Bowens Mount Bracket for Round Head Flashes (Godox S2)
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Flashpoint Zoom Li-on R2 TTL On-Camera Flash 2x Speedlight with R2 Pro MII
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Flashpoint XPLOR 600PRO TTL R2 Battery-Powered Monolight With XP-600Pro Ext Head
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Flashpoint XPLOR 600 TTL Exclusive Kit
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Flashpoint Grid Set, for 8" Reflectors, Consists of 1 each: 10 deg., 20 deg., 30 deg.and 40 deg. Grids
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Production Equipment Used:
Sony Alpha a6600 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 18-135mm Lens
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Sony Alpha a7 III 24MP UHD 4K Mirrorless Digital Camera with FE 28-70mm Lens
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Atomos Shinobi 5.2"" IPS Touchscreen Full HD HDR Photo and Video Monitor, Supports 4K HDMI Input
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Savage Luminous Pro On-Camera Bi-Color LED Video Light
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For all those wondering about light ratios, shot of transmitter at 11:09 shows Group A (key (umbrella)) 1/8; Group B (kicker (reflector)) 1/64; Group C (hair(snoot)) 1/128 - that's assuming Mark used these settings! Kicker light being 3 stops lower than the key light seems to a good place to stsrt.
very nice for you to explain the speed light setup ratios
I would love an explanation of controlling flash output - I'm used to dialing it up or down in increments of 1/3 stop, to match the sun for daylight fill. This is on-camera flash in P mode. I know you can also control flash power by fractions. I think you need to be in the manual mode for this, no? Any insights appreciated. Thanks, Joe.
You don't have to be in manual, you can use TTL. But you have less control and consistency with TTL than manual. Also, use your camera in manual. P mode (auto) decides what it think you want for lighting ratio and exposure, and will often be incorrect, especially if using multiple flashes.@@HewesNews
Amazing.....just amazing. This guy means business. Very "to the point" tutorial without annoying music or distracting comic script. Hats off sir.
Mark is a master of tutorials!
The best
Bonus points for the assistant throwing stuff to the photographer :) made my day
Great Video!!!
As always Mark is amazing. I've been following for years now, and my photography has improved immensely
Just found your channel. So nice to have a clear and concise example of lighting explained so well and not distractions of music and weird intros etc by people who must think they are directors in Hollywood making movies. Please keep it just like this.
Always so nice to watch videos with Mark and Gavin. Great instructors !
Awesome! Thanks!
As usual amazing presentation , well done job Mark!!!
Graet basic tutorial! Thanks Mark. Go on with this kind of tutorials!
Great video! You always give info I can immediately put to use. I appreciate greatly the focus on speedlights!
Great video! Love the components flying in from off camera! Nice. Way better that the time you were bending down to pick up stuff from the floor, etc. Nicely done, Mark (and team)!!
Grt lighting 🌷👍🌷
Great video Mark. Thank you. Very helpful, especially about light subtraction.
Thank you Mark. Very usefully.
Great lighting tips as always Mark. Nice soft light portraits without spending $15,000 on strobes 😲😷
Whoa. Don't get ahead of yourself. No one will take you seriously unless you drop $2500 for a 500-watt strobe and $1000 for a 76-watt speedlight.
Excellent presentation, mark as usual. Glad to see you back on adorama, too! That Bowen adPter is cool! Never heard of it before... need to get a set myself.
Amazing beautiful model!
Really good video instruction. Short yet precise!
Thanks Mark! Like some have commented, Profoto is not in most of us youtubers budget. Not saying it's not in our dreams!
love that funk music near the end
This is an excellent and informative video, Mark. Thank you.
Awesome video, very nice explanation of lighting physics.
Thank you, Mark!
Yay Juana! It's hard to stay exactly in position.
Mark, thanks!!!
shw is beautiful and awesome video thamk you Mark
Great stuff, Mark! As always, your content is something I use to teach others in my group I administrate so they know exactly what to do with a given situation! You are always mentioned as the source of anything shared so they know who it is that is giving the information!... Your Awesome! ... Thanks!
Thank You!
Great video as always in terms of how it is explained. I love the way you explain thing in detail. I would have loved it more if you had tried a full body portrait using this method. I don't know why, most of the videos I see miss this part. You have already set up everything, just have to explain whether it can do a full body shot. Even if it is not possible that would be an valuable information. Do you have a video on full body portraits using speedlights.
Thank you for the video, I'll put it on my watch later collection if I'm not dead after this pandemic
Rooting for you to survive!
Are you still alive ?
Excellent video, as usual. What was the ratio between the 3 lights? I think you said the main light metered at 3.2. What were the other 2 meter readings?
Thank you sir your video useful
Thanks for the great video.
I prefer to set my key light on full power for an f/8 exposure. This way, I avoid shallow depth-of-field problems. I also avoid reciprocity problems when I shoot film with ultra short flash durations.
Why do you set your key light on 1/8 power for an f/3.2 exposure?
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Love Mark Wallace ! I have learned a lot from his tutorial video when I was starting out photography. And also Bryan Peterson.
Grid and snoot for soft light
He-he ;)
Thanks, Mark. I find myself taking more and more portraits of my family (children and grandchildren) in my home, and theirs. This is a very portable, and affordable, set-up.
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Very useful this video sir big thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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wow nice video, very useful and nicely explained
also firrrrrrrrrsssssttttt 🤣
Excellent primo lighting demo instruction. Are the speed lights all firing at the exact same time? What's the kicker and snoot spread set at with the grid on it? Our studio has a McGyver type setup to get the same effect. L O L
Very interesting, i tend to use studio lanps fill and spots and lighting umbrellas white gold and silver. But only have one speed light.
But do have a couple of fill light batery operated thing bit like the use for video work.
Why did you not reverse the umbrella, i sometimes use two of them.
Mark, do you meter at all after you’ve added the second and third speedlites? Or only after the first one?
amazing tutorial , thank you ! I'll have one question ; why do you shoot at 1.8 ?
TravelJournalist.com when he uses the lightmeter to measure the main light it reads f/3.2 not f/1.8.
I know this is not the tutorial here but remember shadow is also a great look, just depends on what mood you want. I personally like shadows on the face when not photographing headshots for business for example. For brides I like shadows using natural light
Nice video, but what wee the settings on the fill and background lights?
Love to know how you made the panels and the stands for them? Looks like something I could really use!
Looks like foam insulation board from the hardware store, painted on one side. The base looks like a board with two other boards nailed on to create a slot to hold the Insulation panel.
Is the light flagged close to the umbrella with the background using checkerboard lighting?
Nice video and good information...and nicely explained too but what if we don't have a budget to spend on grids and other fancy stuff. In that case how can we manage to modify the speedlights.
You can make all kinds of workable light modifiers like snoots out of black cardboard or thick aluminium foil and tape.
Great tutorial. Had to laugh "It's about a 20* grid"..... says 60* right on the front. lol that honeycomb is way to wide to be 20* :)
Nice
I could really use advise on how to handle a single speedlite in a dimly lit restaurant or small club when I'm asked "Take our picture" or "Take my picture with the band," and there's not time for a setup or half a dozen takes. I might have opportunities to test a few random locations in the place before things get rolling for the night but mostly I've got unusable results with no "do overs" possible. Auto? E-TTL? Mini soft box on the speed lite?
@Charlie Ross when I’m running and gunning or not able to setup a shot I have the camera in full manual and the flash in TTL. If I need to adjust the flash I use FEC (Flash Exposure Compensation). With a little practice you should be able to achieve proper flash exposure in no more than 2 shots.
Do you post the link to the video about using the speed light narrow or sidewise
Why did the background end up looking grey? Is that an intentional technique to avoid buying a grey backdrop? Is the reducer just drywall sheet painted matte black?
Is a Speedlite 580ex ii strong enough to make a white wall white for corporate portraits? I have 3 speedlights and don't want to spend money on a Pro light set if its not needed. Hope someone can give me advice.
Can you do a video on how to shoot portraits with a 600mm from the window of a home. It seems like it would be very popular?
So much to set up just for a so-so effect.
Hello, thanks for the tips since (once the crisis is over) I'll need portable lighting solutions for shooting interviews in international settings. My concern is for your health-make sure to keep that safe six foot distance between you and any clients. Regards!
Surely the first thing to do is shoot a black frame?
The main question here is what are the differences in the light power between the 3 lights? because if you are using TTL mode then the 3 would be the same
What's that 90 degree adapter for the light called?
Beautiful girl!
Nice video. My question is...did you just meter the one light and set all the lights at the same power or did you use different power settings for each light? If so, how did you come up with the right camera settings with the lights being at different power settings?
Trial and error?
In a studio situation you generally set up the camera and the main or key light to ensure you get a good exposure on the subject - then leave the camera settings alone and modify the position and power of your other lights as you add them to get the overall effect you're looking for. You can meter your other lights as well if you want to avoid some trial and error or absolutely ensure that nothing in your image is overexposed - but you don't always need to.
Where is your M10?
Would you please let me know how you mount vertically s bracket in light stand, I also need that accessories please mentioned the name.
It is just an umbrella bracket like is mounted on the other stand bent to 90 degrees then the s-bracket is attached to it
WOW! You are a fucking master, great video 👍🏻
You didn't say how you had the speed lights set up. Master and slave etc. On the speedlights.
They're all radio slaves and are controlled by the master radio transmitter fitted to the camera's hotshoe.
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Where’s the Leica?
I think her right eye is bigger than the left and is closer to the camera. You should reverse everything to make them look even?
Or photoshoo liqufy filter😂
10:15
It looks like the camera focused on a thin strand of hair...
at the end... she's standing on an apple box yeah?
Simple? That’s a joke. Three lights, all with their own settings and radio controlled, five modifiers, a boom....
The model has similarities with Anya Taylor Joy. And both are Argentinian.
This whole thing would cost $800 !
Get out of the frame, everyone except Juana, don't bother contemplating! )
too complicated for a simple photo