I am what you might call speed light impaired, but Mr Kubota made the subject understandable even for me. His great examples will encourage me to really try some of the things I learned. The video also caused me to add a few more gear items to my wish list. Thanks to Mr Kubota and the B&H for sharing this lesson.
I know this is an older video, but I know exactly where Bend is! My daughter-in-law's brother lives there, and we thought about moving out there! I was in Chicago recently, and the bar at the hotel had a lot of craft-brew beers from Bend Oregon.
I'm not knocking anyone, this is a great presentation. I just noticed after watching several of these, that is, it's all elderly or old people in the crowd. Have cellphones ruined photography for the younger generation?
Is there a kind of a rule of thumb distance where you decide to ditch using a softbox or modifiers to soften the light in favor of bear bulb flash or bear flash with just a reflektor on the flash/strobe because the light becomes moore of a small light point source causing the modifiers to be ineffective units that just cost light power?
Awesome! Now I'm getting his book! Also, i noticed that he tilts his camera for a lot of the shots so the horizon isn't perfectly straight. Is this a style choice? Are there any benefits to shooting like that? Thanks!
Yep its called a "dutch angle". Its loved and hated... its a matter of opinion. I like it personally ... if its done right. you can also do it in post although you lose some resolution in the crop
Why would someone want to use splitters for their flash triggers? What's the advantage? Seems to me it would be cheaper to have just the one transmitter, and set the other two speedlites to slave.
question: when you add on a ND filter in order to use a wider aperture, does the filter affect the flash output? do you have to increase the flash output?
+RoyalFlush168 Using the ND filter will allow you to use a slower shutter speed, within sync range (1/200, 1/250), and provides a brighter result when the flash power is unchanged. This is illustrated at about 30 minutes into the video. Depending on the light you are working with, and the look you are trying to achieve, you would likely need to dial the flash down for a more even exposure. *Andre a
I like Kevin, but his Luna Grip is a piece of shyte. I tried it for awhile and it can be done so much better and cheaper with a small light stick set up with a lot more versatility. Sorry Kevin but that's the truth. Take a cheap monopod, flash unit and small umbrella and bingo you have a way more versatile light setup than the Lunagrip. The Lunagrip is expensive and not balanced well at all. My assistant hated holding it, to top heavy. She had way more control and comfort with the tiny, cheap light stick.
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I am what you might call speed light impaired, but Mr Kubota made the subject understandable even for me. His great examples will encourage me to really try some of the things I learned. The video also caused me to add a few more gear items to my wish list. Thanks to Mr Kubota and the B&H for sharing this lesson.
Such a good presentation. Well done Kevin!
Kevin Kubota é uma lenda da fotografia. O cara é top.
I know this is an older video, but I know exactly where Bend is! My daughter-in-law's brother lives there, and we thought about moving out there! I was in Chicago recently, and the bar at the hotel had a lot of craft-brew beers from Bend Oregon.
Great Video!!
I love the great examples and he wasn't too technical so was easy to follow.
That was well done. So much to learn. Thank you
I'm not knocking anyone, this is a great presentation. I just noticed after watching several of these, that is, it's all elderly or old people in the crowd. Have cellphones ruined photography for the younger generation?
great vid, keeping it simple and slick.
Educational talk. Well done. But how did that man in the second row stay asleep for the first half of the talk?
Thank you i have learned a lot
excellent presentation
Is there a kind of a rule of thumb distance where you decide to ditch using a softbox or modifiers to soften the light in favor of bear bulb flash or bear flash with just a reflektor on the flash/strobe because the light becomes moore of a small light point source causing the modifiers to be ineffective units that just cost light power?
Awesome! Now I'm getting his book!
Also, i noticed that he tilts his camera for a lot of the shots so the horizon isn't perfectly straight. Is this a style choice? Are there any benefits to shooting like that?
Thanks!
+Ray Eccleston - This looks to simply be a stylistic choice. *Christina*
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Yep its called a "dutch angle". Its loved and hated... its a matter of opinion. I like it personally ... if its done right. you can also do it in post although you lose some resolution in the crop
Why would someone want to use splitters for their flash triggers? What's the advantage? Seems to me it would be cheaper to have just the one transmitter, and set the other two speedlites to slave.
question: when you add on a ND filter in order to use a wider aperture, does the filter affect the flash output? do you have to increase the flash output?
+RoyalFlush168 Using the ND filter will allow you to use a slower shutter speed, within sync range (1/200, 1/250), and provides a brighter result when the flash power is unchanged. This is illustrated at about 30 minutes into the video. Depending on the light you are working with, and the look you are trying to achieve, you would likely need to dial the flash down for a more even exposure. *Andre a
radio triggers: Flashpoint, Godox, Etc. (at 27 minutes).
9:40 - Yeah, but you would need one hell of an ND filter. :)
Please, translate for russian language! Fank you!
I like Kevin, but his Luna Grip is a piece of shyte. I tried it for awhile and it can be done so much better and cheaper with a small light stick set up with a lot more versatility. Sorry Kevin but that's the truth. Take a cheap monopod, flash unit and small umbrella and bingo you have a way more versatile light setup than the Lunagrip. The Lunagrip is expensive and not balanced well at all. My assistant hated holding it, to top heavy. She had way more control and comfort with the tiny, cheap light stick.
Why does the lighting of the video suck - on a video about how to use lighting??? Hmmmm