I've been struggling for months to figure out how to use not only this same body, but this speed light in tandem to create these dramatic portraits. I've paid and watched countless videos/books to demonstrate this and wasted countless hours of my life. You explained it and showed all in under 4 minutes. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for explaining this technique so clearly. It looks as if there's no light coming from the built-in flash on the D7000 - is that true? I think that on my Nikon D90 I can't turn off the built-in flash completely when I use it as a master, though I can cut its power down to 1/128th. Is the D7000 different?
He was referring to the background when talking about underexposing, therefore the only options you have are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. The aperture usually affects both flash and continuos light, while shutter speed affects continuous (non-flash) lighting. Correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe this is how it all works.
Gabriel Pedraza I know this is an old post - but underexposed the sky (darken) by 2 stops - most likely by raising shutter speed up like from 500th to 2000th in high speed sync mode.
I did 5-6 hour banquet event with fresh batteries ( 4 AA Duracells); had no problems with it. I'm still learning to use the flash to its full potential but I would recommend it.
can you do the same photo, without that huge soft box? and with Sb700's self diffuser?, will be huge difference?, cause i don't wanna walk around with a huge soft box and waste my 1 day to persuade a friend of mine to help me =))))
Hi! nice video! thanks! i have a question, the built in flash on the camera is deactivated? i have a nikon D7200 and i deactivated de built in flash, but the flash continues firing, is this normal?
the other way is to use pocket wizzards (or any other remote radio remote triger) to triger the flash or a sync cord so you could dial up the shutter speed and not have that constraint of 1/250th with the popup flash. I think the cheapest way is a sync cord after that is the ND filter which is a very useful accessory to have and the most expensive is the remote triger.
@@thetalkingdonkey07 wow 9 years later. Caught me off guard on that one. Well If you use an ND it is even harder to focus by hand. You see through the lens and the ND is on the lens so AF should be on but may hunt a bit. That said 9 years later cameras are way better also mirrorless so it is easier as you do not have a separate AF sensor to confuse. Also why not use AF on a shot like that. Yes tripod and all but the subject can still move a bit just by standing still.
This is a clip from a two hour training DVD. The entire video covers how to control the speedlight as well as more advanced concepts like the one presented here.
Yes, well, that's great. But my comment was on the video above and I stand by what I said - I really didn't learn anything about how to use this speedlight. I'm sure a 2 hour DVD would be more beneficial, but that's not what was posted.
go into photo-shooting menu, scroll to f-3 (or whatever inbuilt flash settings is on your model), set it to commander/master, on your speedlight set that to remote/slave. the rest you should be able to figure out. comment if you need more help.
He would have underexposed the Ambient light so he would have changed the shutter speed. Shutter speed controls the ambient light ( fast shutter = less light. Slow shutter = more light ) Aperture controls flash power (wider the aperture = more light smaller the aperture less light)
I've been struggling for months to figure out how to use not only this same body, but this speed light in tandem to create these dramatic portraits. I've paid and watched countless videos/books to demonstrate this and wasted countless hours of my life. You explained it and showed all in under 4 minutes. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amen!🙌
I agree with others here: you said nothing about SB-700... BUT your explanation at the end was very good. Thumb up for that :)
Thanks for explaining this technique so clearly. It looks as if there's no light coming from the built-in flash on the D7000 - is that true? I think that on my Nikon D90 I can't turn off the built-in flash completely when I use it as a master, though I can cut its power down to 1/128th. Is the D7000 different?
He was referring to the background when talking about underexposing, therefore the only options you have are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. The aperture usually affects both flash and continuos light, while shutter speed affects continuous (non-flash) lighting. Correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe this is how it all works.
Have you tried using Exposure Compensation?
it's the (+/-) button to the right of the shutter release button.
how you underexpose, I can't set the shutter less than 1/250s when using flash, and I don't want to close aperture, what should I do then?
Can you use this flash off of the camera with Nikon D5100?
Great video helped me alot are you shoot with the d 7000.?;)
how long does the sb700 last when the batteries are fresh? is it worth buying?
Hello, how do you fire the remote flash ? I mean what kind of settings do I have to make both on the SB 700 and the D7100 ?
commander mode
How were you able to trigger the speedlight when it is inside the large softbox? CLS needs line of sight.
Only the flash head is in the box. The IF sensor on the flash is still exposed and it's turned to face the D7000's pop up flash.
OK, Newbie question..... What did you adjust to underexpose? When you said "2 stops" I think f-stops. Am I right?
Gabriel Pedraza I know this is an old post - but underexposed the sky (darken) by 2 stops - most likely by raising shutter speed up like from 500th to 2000th in high speed sync mode.
I did 5-6 hour banquet event with fresh batteries ( 4 AA Duracells); had no problems with it. I'm still learning to use the flash to its full potential but I would recommend it.
Hey, how do you fire the remote flash?
can you do the same photo, without that huge soft box? and with Sb700's self diffuser?, will be huge difference?, cause i don't wanna walk around with a huge soft box and waste my 1 day to persuade a friend of mine to help me =))))
So, you had the camera in either M or A, and the flash in I-TTL, right?
Hi! nice video! thanks! i have a question, the built in flash on the camera is deactivated? i have a nikon D7200 and i deactivated de built in flash, but the flash continues firing, is this normal?
Tavo Zarate you need to manually deactivate the inbuilt one in cmd mode....change it from ttl to --
What softbox did you use?
the other way is to use pocket wizzards (or any other remote radio remote triger) to triger the flash or a sync cord so you could dial up the shutter speed and not have that constraint of 1/250th with the popup flash. I think the cheapest way is a sync cord after that is the ND filter which is a very useful accessory to have and the most expensive is the remote triger.
Use high speed flash sync mode on the flah. Or use ND filter.
Use a ND (Neutral Density) filter to pring the F/stops down but be aware that it does mess with the autofocus less light = harder to focus
Why would you need AF on a shot like that???
@@thetalkingdonkey07 wow 9 years later. Caught me off guard on that one. Well If you use an ND it is even harder to focus by hand. You see through the lens and the ND is on the lens so AF should be on but may hunt a bit. That said 9 years later cameras are way better also mirrorless so it is easier as you do not have a separate AF sensor to confuse. Also why not use AF on a shot like that. Yes tripod and all but the subject can still move a bit just by standing still.
you said nothing about the speedlight here.
yeah, misleading
Agreed. He obviously knows what he's doing, but didn't really do a good job explaining it to those who don't know (anyone watching this video).
This is a clip from a two hour training DVD. The entire video covers how to control the speedlight as well as more advanced concepts like the one presented here.
Yes, well, that's great. But my comment was on the video above and I stand by what I said - I really didn't learn anything about how to use this speedlight. I'm sure a 2 hour DVD would be more beneficial, but that's not what was posted.
Matt Brighton lol...chill out ...theres thousands of more videos u can learn from
Simple, yet informative. Thank you!
Great photos Tim, I would love to see the photo shoot you did with Cyclist Marty Nothstein years ago from your video, I really like that photo shoot.
I wanted to know how to set up the flash to expose that.....nothing about that.
go into photo-shooting menu, scroll to f-3 (or whatever inbuilt flash settings is on your model), set it to commander/master, on your speedlight set that to remote/slave. the rest you should be able to figure out. comment if you need more help.
One SB-700 in that huge softbox that far away from the subject !?
very useful video thanks
Awesome...very helpful technique! Thank you!
You may lower sensitivivty ou use ND filters.
Thanks
thank you! excellent job!
He would have underexposed the Ambient light so he would have changed the shutter speed. Shutter speed controls the ambient light ( fast shutter = less light. Slow shutter = more light ) Aperture controls flash power (wider the aperture = more light smaller the aperture less light)
Very nice
That's not a soft box, that's a tent.
lol
I love this video!😍
I learned something thanks
The old man got was on Americas Got Talent last week and got the "X".........
I see, thanks a lot, I'll try ;-)
Yeah, I guess I'd better but pocket wizard, and will permanently get rid of all the problems. Thanks again :-).
Nude model
I love this video!😍