How I shot this - Simple off camera flash tutorial for wedding photographers
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In this video I talk through a simple off camera flash set up for a bride and groom portrait on a wedding day. By exposing for the brightest part of the scene, which in this case was a lamp, I was able to create a dramatic wedding portrait using a single speed light flash and MagMod modifiers.
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You are a wonderful photographer and teacher
Thank you so much!
You really walk us from start to finish in a easy and well explained way. Thanks you so much for sharing your creativity and success with the world!
Now i feel regret wasting lot of money in a professional photography course, rather i would find ur channel to learn a great peice of work..thanks brother !!
Thanks so much for making these, Neil. Keep up the great work.
"Focus is pretty important with photography I've found" - comments like this are why I keep coming back to your channel Neil! Another great guide.
Haha, thank you very much mate!
Excellent video Neil, thank you!
hace 2 semanas me encontré con tus videos, son geniales, los detrás de cámara y todo lo que enseñas de tu trabajo es invaluable, gracias por compartir tus conocimientos. Un gran abrazo desde COLOMBIA
Awesome composition. Just love it.
Great video Neil. Attending the workshop puts everything into perspective!
Not sure who this is but thank you very much!
Thank you for sharing your absolutely brilliant Capture...
Excellent work Neil! Your videos are very informative and you don't leave any details out! Much appreciated bud! Cheers from Canada!
Thank you very much!
Your camera holster is amazing!
Great video...thanks for making this type of content!
Thank you Neill for sharing. This is great!
Thank you so much Jola!
Thank you so much sir. Very useful tutorial because of you I learned useful skill.
Fascinating
Great video. I learned a bit of LR that I've never really worked on before. Thanks, and I hope you continue to make portrait videos like this.
Thank you very much Richard and yes, there will be many more videos to come :)
Yet another great video, Neil.
Love your bts videos. Very informative.
Thank you so much Kenny! :-)
Beautiful Work ... I love it ... the elements ,, the post process .... Well done... Thank you for sharing,, please keep up the good work ... Cheers.
Thank you very much Stanley, I really appreciate that :-)
Amazing! Very thorough.
Thank you Chris!
your works are pure masterpiece!
That is very kind, thank you!
Love your work Neil !!! And learning a lot while enjoying the video's, thanks for sharing 😉👍
Thank you very much!
Thanks so much Neil! Great video!
Thank you very much Manuel! 😊
Thank you Nail, great explanation
Thank you Dario 😊
Thank you, Sir, you have given us a good idea and teach us the same way.
Thank you very much Santosh
Wow, you are the best thank you very much for sharing your knowledge
Thank you so much Enrique, very kind :-)
Love your how I shot this videos. Awesome work as usual
Thank you very much :)
Awesome!
Amazing Master Class
Very kind, thank you Juan!
LOVE! Great video
Thank you Ron!
Thanks! I have learned many things. Great video
Thank you very much Geert!
Gorgeous shot Neil!
Thank you very much Brittany!
You nailed t man
Thanks for this video, Neil ! This was so informative :)
Thank you! ...and nice profile photo :-)
Very creative use of your imagination.
Good composition skills too
Thank you very much!
Great video... very imformative
Really good video Neil. I know that on actual wedding days, things can be manic but if you keep perfecting your art then it can become second nature. Thanks again.
Thank you very much Laurence! Yes, it's like with anything, the more we practice at something the better and quicker we will become at that thing, I totally agree
Great video. Was this an actual wedding day Neil?
Thank you Rolando, no, I don't think I would film a shoot on an actual wedding day, this was a day I set up to shoot some videos like this :)
@@NeilRedfern Thank you. Keep it up!
Neil.. You work always brilliant.. Thanks for this video.. 💗
Thank you so much Febri :)
i need this right now
Great job sir..❤️
Thank you very much!
I did not know the flash could recycle so quickly. Nice shot.
Thank you! Yes, because I only had the flash on 1/32 power recycle time isn't a problem.
Ah yes now I remember.
Inspirador como siempre Neil, a ver si puedes venir alguna vez a Madrid. Un saludo.
¡Muchas gracias! Podría ser posible ... espero que suceda :)
Neil. Thanks brother. I enjoyed this video & I will practice.
My pleasure!
great video and shot Neil !
Thank you very much Imran!
You're the best bro. Very useful
Very kind, thank you Zakir :)
Very well done Neil. I will try to incorporate some of these tips in my next wedding shoot. Actually my first one in a very very long time.
My pleasure, thank you Rich - and good luck with your wedding!
Nice work and a really informative video. Thanks for sharing...
My pleasure, thank you Dan :)
Remarkable 😁
Always love ur works
My pleasure, thank you Syed :)
Stunning photo....mr neil
Thank you very much Mario!
Nice video. Thanks you!
Thank you very much :-)
thanks a lot for your instruction
love this video!
Thank you Rishi!
@@NeilRedfern question for you. When you were shooting nikon and sony together. Did you find it difficult in the field to bounce back and forth from two different bodies?
Also, are the color science different? In that in post did u had to do more work ?
The reason i ask because i do want to try shooting with 1 canon body and 1 sony body but very hesitant to do so.
Neil... Amazing video.... I really enjoyed to watch how do you create the picture... Nice video
My pleasure, thank you very much Luis!
Brilliant!! Another stonkingly great shot, walked through in simple, straight forward steps, love these videos.
Have you ever thought of going Godox for speedlights, AD200 etc? I know you like the stratos triggers to kill the light quickly, but you can set a button on your D810 to kill all flash. Also, you would only need the trigger as the receivers are all built into their flashes. Anyway its just a thought to speed up your workflow even more.
Thank you so much Daniel! Yes, I actually bought two Godox speedlights recently as at some point I will move to them, I love that you don't need receivers. But the reason I love the stratos is because, if I'm using more than one speedlight at the same time, I can turn them on and off with a single button, which I haven't found I can do with any other triggers. But I think I'll be fully Godox in the next few months when I get a second Sony body.
Thank you! This was really useful and very clear! :-)
My pleasure, thank you Elizabeth :)
Good video!
Thank you!
Hai Neil amazing.
Thank you very much!
Very interesting in photography. .my profetion was in it
really u are awesome
Cool! Thank you :)
Thank you Dominik!
...nobody teaches this and it's soooo frustrating to me. I know my way around a camera pretty well, but some of these more technical types of tricks and effects are things I still have yet to conquer and really figure out. THANK YOU soooo much for doing this for us!! I would sure give the world for you to also do a couple of videos teaching us how to photograph sparkler exits, light trails with wedding reception dance photos, how to photograph those cigar smoke photos of the guys on wedding day, and how to get that hair spray shot when the bride is getting ready. I'd also love to learn how to do some of those trick photos that so many of you do on wedding days - the reflection, shooting through things, bokeh lights, ring shots with an extra fun flair, etc. A super fun photographer that does a lot of this stuff is Jason Martin with Concept Photography. This guy has some super cool photography tricks and effects and I still have yet to figure out how he does a lot of them.
Muchas gracias, !
My pleasure Jose!
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure, thank you
Great Video very enjoyable thanks a lot
You truly are a master👍
Is this the photography I'm talking about where someone takes their time puts the effort and these are the results
And that's what separates to
Simple photography from a artist photography
Thank you very much! That is very kind
Thank you sir..
My pleasure!
thanks for sharing BTS!
My pleasure!
That camera strap got me lol
Got to love the cowboy look! Haha
Thanks for sharing! Canon flash syncs is also 1/250th thats the Professional line anyway.
My pleasure Elias! And thank you for letting me know that - sorry to all Canon users!
genius
Very kind!
great knowledge sharing Neil! I have wasted my time all this while attending workshops that did not benefit except the trainer talks about their awards half the time. do you hv any plans for a workshop in India pls. or I m glad to coordinate one . thanks so much
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Hi Neil,
Awesome videos and very helpful. I have a question here. How did you focus the couple in this scenario and also in most of your photos where you expose for brightest light and subject will be in the dark. How do you achieve focus in this case?
Thanks
As always incredible shot Neil. May I please ask you what zoom setting on a flash you usually use with grids? Also what was the reason for applying radial filter on a couple only and increasing shadows on them? Thank you
Thank you! I tend to have them zoomed in to about 85mm although if you are using a grid it doesn't matter as the grid is condensing the light anyway. I just lifted the shadows on the couple so that they weren't quite as contrasty :)
@@NeilRedfern thank you
How do you create that great coniac-orange color in your photos..?
Could u do a video on other ways to get the couple to engage/laugh naturally...doing an imitation of an animal is an excellent idea lol...i would love to know more as I think I struggle with this a bit
That's a fantastic idea for a video Dania, thank you for the suggestion. I will make a note and look at putting one together. Thank you :)
@@NeilRedfern yaaay! Thank you Neil!! Another idea within that suggestion to come up with cards that have different ideas to get emotions out (that we can make on our own )and take with us to shoots and play with the cards, let the couple choose or u pick which card(s) you would want to use
Hi. Nice video. I was wondering, why did you choose to place the flash on the opposite room? It seems to me that in doing so, together with the way the couple is interacting, caused the groom´s face to be in the shadows. Happy weekend.
Hi Edwin, thank you and good question. The flash was on that side so that the bride was looking in to the majority of the frame, which personally I prefer compositionally. A bride and groom portrait for me is all about the bride being in the best light, rather than the groom. Thank you for your comment :-)
@@NeilRedfern Thank you for both the video, and your response to my question. Best wishes.
My pleasure, thank you very much :)
what monopod/flash stand would you recommend and where can I get to buy it?
I don't ever use a monopod but I love my Manfrotto mini light stands :)
Neil - Did you CTO the flash for the final image? or was it just bare bulb Kelvin?
Hi mate, no, I didn't in this case, I just shot at a warm warm balance in camera
Do you use a Wacom tablet or mouse when editing your photo’s?
I edit all my images on my MacBook
Great as usual, but I have a question, I noticed in most of your videos that you don't use modifiers, why is that?
Thank you Abanoub! I'm not sure what you mean, I used a Magmod grid on my flash this video? Do you mean a lens hood on my camera?
@@NeilRedfern I mean like a soft box to soften the light.
Aah, sorry. I do sometimes use a MagSphere by MagMod but I don't use softboxes because, although they give great light, I find that they slow me down and I don't like their size.
Canon syncspeed is also 1/250 sec. 😉
Aah, apologies! I think it depends on the model but good point
@@NeilRedfern You're right. The cheaper models have a slower syncspeed.
Good work, but you could have use a reflector to fill the face of bridegroom with the help of an assistant.
Yes, I could have done but I tend to work solo and very quickly. But you are right
Ice light, lowel-light for me it is better
Great shot. the groom's face seemed dark to me
Hey good attempt at this. I have a couple of points to make though.
1. When the bride walked in the frame the groom's face was all shadowed and that bothered me.
2. Brides arm looked very prominent and was a focus to human eye. Bothered me.
Loved it, but... I'm bothered by the lampshade not being level.
Back to shooting nikon Neil?
I haven't stopped using Nikon for off camera flash images yet, although that is slowly changing as I get more used to OCF on the Sony
Its too bad the lamp shade isnt level, and you didnt bother to hide the dark seam.
I liked it that you used a real GIRL instead of one of those transgender models. She is pretty.
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Can’t see the couple? My issue with many wedding photographers. I mean the bride could be getting smooched by a complete stranger you can’t make him out! It seems to me these days it’s more about the photographer and less about getting photos of the couple that show the couple and don’t need 2 hours away from guests to get 5 shots!!
Ridiculous! Seen it first hand and it’s unnecessary! Not a gripe at you? I guess this was not a real wedding!
Hi Glenn, thank you for the comment, we all have our opinions, but I have to disagree with yours. Firstly, you "can't see the couple"? They are right there. And if you watch my videos you will know that I take portraits of my couples for no more than 30 minutes across a 12+ hour day. And please elaborate on how I make the wedding days about me and not the couple? No offence but you come across as extremely angry and bitter.