I would love to see something along the lines of Making the best of your conditions. I had mini sessions the other day, no leaves on the trees and I did my best to work with turning ladies away from the sun and lighting them up, but really struggled with that
Love what you are trying to do: making it simplified and easy 2 steps process, however, if I could give a suggestion: Would it be possible to have some visual representation of what you said so it’s easier to follow along? ie. Doubling the ISO, so either compensate by closing down f stops or up the shutter speed? Or maybe I just need to watch this one again when I’m more awake 😅
@@YiowMade been following you for quiet sometime and its one of the best video but how do you edit the final image please show us some steps my final pictures doesn't come out like yours
It just occurred to me now: I casually watched several photographic youtubers for few years and most of them started out like this, presenting their photos and giving out genuine tips. Your channel is one of the very rare ones that didn't stop and went full gear reviews only. I very much appreciate that
I agree. I also like to add, you are pretty much the only one that will respond and answer questions. Thank you for that! With your following and schedule, that can't be easy at all.
There have been times where I feel stuck when taking a portrait. What has saved me is remembering to expose for the ambient. I've learned a lot from this channel. 👍 📸 💡
Love the simplicity of the tutorial. When you're new to OCF, the last thing you want to hear is "use your light meter". This is a much simpler and more dramatic way of getting amazing shots
Thanks! Yes, I never used a light meter but one thing a photographer I admire said before was this, "never let a technical device make a creative decision". I like this quote because it's so true. A device like a light meter won't tell me how I feel the photo should be exposed. That depends on me.
@@fjhphoto exactly. Which is why I feel TTL modes are useless for taking creative portraits. Why should the camera decide what the image should look like? Wonderful quote BTW!
IMO you can still make creative decisions if your using a light meter, you just need to learn how to use it in your favor. Say you want to use a target aperture of f/1.4 to get that creamy background, you expose for the ambient using that target aperture, shutter speed and ISO just as Fernando did. You then input that same shutter speed and ISO settings into the light meter and expose for the model/flash by adding or removing power to the flash until you get to that target aperture of f/1.4. That takes out the guessing work initially, you can always add or remove power to the flash as Fernando did if you feel it. As an added benefit you will know what the ratio of flash to the total amount of ambient light is, this can provide consistency between shots for the session even if you change your exposure settings or the ambient light changes, and outdoors it always will!
@@AlexisABermudez So, you adjust your rim light power based on what reading you have on your ambient light, using a hand-held meter that reads flash in incident mode? Then you do the same for the main light? I usually do flash readings on my hand-held light meter for the total read-out when all the flashes fire at the same time.
Explained everything very well, what I was looking to get out of this video was to see shots with no flash vs flash but see your process of subtlety adding in your rim and key lights, so I very much appreciated you adding those into the video!
DEFINITELY THEE BEST explanation of shooting Ambient light!!! Thank you so much. I'm ordering my Godox AD200 soon and I can't wait to actually shoot Ambient 😂
Wow. Excellent video man. Watching this a 2nd time because this video was filled with awesome tips and tricks man! I think my next flash is going to be that AD300 pro now. haha. The 2 light setup looks incredible!
Great video! Lighting is such a "complex" subject but it comes down to simply, need more light, add more light, need less light, add less light! It was great seeing your set up as well!
Great video I do these steps at every session and as silly as it sounds I didn’t understand it when I heard EXPOSE FOR THE BACKGROUND. BUT ITS SO HELPFUL AND has helped my photography so much
Hey great tutorial. I just bought two TT600, a few umbrelas and a softboxand. Someone asked for a photo section, but I didn't take into account ambient light first and then flash power as I'm new to all this... This helps a lot. Thank you!!!
I’ve struggled with flash so hard but you have motivated me to get my own Godox and also start using OCF. Thanks for this video and explaining to people like me! 👍
...much respect from Nashville, TN! This is very helpful and timely! I am trying to work with my triple flash mount and hopefully I will get some decent results!
Recently started watching your videos all are very nice and clear explanations especially Building The Shot videos, learning lot from your videos keep sharing your knowledge it help many people make many videos untouched part of photography , again thank you for sharing your knowledge keep it up🤜🤛
This was really good. A follow up that shows you talking through the steps in real time would be cool. Kind of like a camera on your shoulder as you show the camera and trigger. You did a little of that at about 6:30 into this.
What light stand is your Rim light on @4:10 ? Thoughts/feedback on it vs the Nano stand (looks like a manfrotto) you use? Would love to see a few videos on the evolution of your gear. For example the different lighting stands you have owned an why you moved. Same with modifiers. Seems like you went buff -> Glow para pop -> Godox. Another idea for a video would be how you choose what lights, stands, modifiers to pack for a shoot.
Great Tutorials! In the second example, would have liked to see the final edit to see how you cropped the main light out of the picture and what the final pose of the model was. 👍🏾
@@fjhphoto th-cam.com/video/5v97NWhiN7Q/w-d-xo.html I know you didn't take this video and that it's a hand held video but what I liked from the video was that he voiced over what was going through his head during the photoshoot. We get to see why he might have picked that composition,lighting,etc and what we can look for or think about when we are taking photos.
my 860ii, 8080 softbox, x1 trigger arrives in a few days. excited already. it will be my 1st ocf. love your videos. My main aim as of now is to be able to create shots like yours!
Im taking a master class on lighting on youtube im watching all kinds of videos of what to do and what not to do or how tos.. 😂 yo its not free cause i pay dor internet 😅 but i forgot some of the things my teachers said 6 years ago 😅😅 but i understand all numbers and everything just needed a refresh on lighting. 😊
I’m shooting with a Sony a7riii and I see the image completely different on the screen from the results. So I’m always guessing a bit. I probably don’t have my setting set up for flash. Thanks for all the great videos!
With sony cameras when you have a transmitter on the camera and the transmitter is on it will not show you how the photo is exposed. I advise you turn of the transmitter then when you have the background settings then turn the transmitter on. Also, make sure the LCD brightness isn't too bright. I use +1 brightness. Not +2.
There is a function in the menu system that allows you to bypass the attached transmitter song as you are pressing it. You can program it on any button you feel is appropriate.
Let me know what tutorials you guys want to see so I can make them.😊
I would love to see something along the lines of Making the best of your conditions. I had mini sessions the other day, no leaves on the trees and I did my best to work with turning ladies away from the sun and lighting them up, but really struggled with that
Please Sir skin retouching tutorial.
Love what you are trying to do: making it simplified and easy 2 steps process, however, if I could give a suggestion:
Would it be possible to have some visual representation of what you said so it’s easier to follow along? ie. Doubling the ISO, so either compensate by closing down f stops or up the shutter speed?
Or maybe I just need to watch this one again when I’m more awake 😅
@@YiowMade been following you for quiet sometime and its one of the best video but how do you edit the final image please show us some steps my final pictures doesn't come out like yours
I would like to learn your style of Skin Retouching?
It just occurred to me now: I casually watched several photographic youtubers for few years and most of them started out like this, presenting their photos and giving out genuine tips. Your channel is one of the very rare ones that didn't stop and went full gear reviews only. I very much appreciate that
I agree. I also like to add, you are pretty much the only one that will respond and answer questions. Thank you for that! With your following and schedule, that can't be easy at all.
There have been times where I feel stuck when taking a portrait. What has saved me is remembering to expose for the ambient. I've learned a lot from this channel. 👍 📸 💡
So happy my channel has helped!😁
I’ve been with for a couple of years now. This is one of your best yet
This comment made my day. Thanks!😁
One of the best videos on OCF!
Very clear and direct explanation. Thanks for a great video!
By far the most helpful video on flash photography I’ve ever seen! I appreciate you so much
9.15 mins well spent,thankyou Sir.
I watch your videos from Russia and I am very grateful. Take more of these lessons, they are very useful
Thanks for watching!😊
....all I know today is mainly from your tutorials. Thanks sooo much.
Appreciate you watching!😊
Love the simplicity of the tutorial. When you're new to OCF, the last thing you want to hear is "use your light meter". This is a much simpler and more dramatic way of getting amazing shots
Thanks! Yes, I never used a light meter but one thing a photographer I admire said before was this, "never let a technical device make a creative decision". I like this quote because it's so true. A device like a light meter won't tell me how I feel the photo should be exposed. That depends on me.
@@fjhphoto exactly. Which is why I feel TTL modes are useless for taking creative portraits. Why should the camera decide what the image should look like? Wonderful quote BTW!
IMO you can still make creative decisions if your using a light meter, you just need to learn how to use it in your favor. Say you want to use a target aperture of f/1.4 to get that creamy background, you expose for the ambient using that target aperture, shutter speed and ISO just as Fernando did. You then input that same shutter speed and ISO settings into the light meter and expose for the model/flash by adding or removing power to the flash until you get to that target aperture of f/1.4. That takes out the guessing work initially, you can always add or remove power to the flash as Fernando did if you feel it. As an added benefit you will know what the ratio of flash to the total amount of ambient light is, this can provide consistency between shots for the session even if you change your exposure settings or the ambient light changes, and outdoors it always will!
I hate light meter. XD
@@AlexisABermudez So, you adjust your rim light power based on what reading you have on your ambient light, using a hand-held meter that reads flash in incident mode? Then you do the same for the main light? I usually do flash readings on my hand-held light meter for the total read-out when all the flashes fire at the same time.
You have help my off camera flash photography so much! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your instructions. Thank you so much!
Explained everything very well, what I was looking to get out of this video was to see shots with no flash vs flash but see your process of subtlety adding in your rim and key lights, so I very much appreciated you adding those into the video!
Congratulations!!!! This is the best tutorial tha I had heard about combining of out camera flash and ambient light. Thank you
Great video Francisco, I learnt this last year and it transformed my outdoor shots.
Really helpful for a beginner using OCF, the tutorial was explained very well. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome instructions! Easy examples to follow! Great work as always!
You're the best explaining step by step 👏👍👌
I hit the like button just by reading title of this video. This is one of the best tip to improve photography.😇
Thanks!
You are a light master!
Thanks!😊
I struggle with this, Thank you for easily explaining your process, I love how your photos come out and hope to be as good as you one day soon!!!
Happy to help!😁
This is a great explanation of exposing for ambient light thank you!!
You're welcome and thanks for watching 😁
DEFINITELY THEE BEST explanation of shooting Ambient light!!! Thank you so much. I'm ordering my Godox AD200 soon and I can't wait to actually shoot Ambient 😂
You showed great examples of the process progressing, thank you!
Fantastic explanation on how to light!!! Ty
Your tutorials are always awesome!
Wow. Excellent video man. Watching this a 2nd time because this video was filled with awesome tips and tricks man! I think my next flash is going to be that AD300 pro now. haha. The 2 light setup looks incredible!
Thanks! Glad this video was helpful.😊
Great video! Lighting is such a "complex" subject but it comes down to simply, need more light, add more light, need less light, add less light! It was great seeing your set up as well!
I have followed you for a long long time. You are amazing man. Keep up the good work 👌🏻☀️😃
Mann! You DESERVE 100k+ subscribers, you content is Gold Standard. You’re getting there..keep em coming 👏👏👏
Thanks so much! Trying to get there.
It will really helps me to be a greater photographer when using flash!! Thanks!!
You are a good teacher 📸🙌🙌
Muchas gracias, muy buena explicación!!
Great video I do these steps at every session and as silly as it sounds I didn’t understand it when I heard EXPOSE FOR THE BACKGROUND. BUT ITS SO HELPFUL AND has helped my photography so much
Awesome Job Francisco, Thank you for Everything you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will definitely follow your channel.. One of the best tutorials.
Great video, thanks so much for the simplicity.
This a fabulous explanation of OCF!! Ty
This will sure help me take better pictures. Thank you!
You are the man! Very humble and lot of knowledge. Congrats!
Thank you for this video! I'm getting my ocf today. This helped me so much.
Hey great tutorial. I just bought two TT600, a few umbrelas and a softboxand. Someone asked for a photo section, but I didn't take into account ambient light first and then flash power as I'm new to all this... This helps a lot. Thank you!!!
Clear and illustrative video! Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the tips. Youre very helpful for beginners.
Wow really good explanation lots of love from india❤
Thank you for this informative video. Very well explained with great examples. Your videos are always great. 👍
I’ve struggled with flash so hard but you have motivated me to get my own Godox and also start using OCF. Thanks for this video and explaining to people like me! 👍
You are amazing i am new to ocf photography 🥺🥰these are valuable booms🔥🔥🌄
Very straightforward, methodical, and clear. Thanks a lot!
...much respect from Nashville, TN! This is very helpful and timely! I am trying to work with my triple flash mount and hopefully I will get some decent results!
Brilliant. Just the straight forward video I was looking for 👍🏻
Hi thank you so much. I love how we taken through each step
You're welcome! Might make another video like this.😊
Love you stuff- you break down complexities simply and thoroughly 💪Your video production quality is off the charts lately. Powerful
Great tutorial, great explanation. Thanks a lot!!
Thanks 🙏
Recently started watching your videos all are very nice and clear explanations especially Building The Shot videos, learning lot from your videos keep sharing your knowledge it help many people make many videos untouched part of photography , again thank you for sharing your knowledge keep it up🤜🤛
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching.😊
You are the best my friend 👌🏼
You’re a good teacher. Great video!
This was explained very well !! Thank you !!
Very in depth tutorial! Keep up the amazing work, Fran!! 💪
Will practice this gold knowledge to put it in practice in my next wedding.
This is such a lovely tutorial. Thank you for giving us this. Please do more
Thank yo so much you clearly taught me on how to control ambient light
Great great tips. First time here. I’m subscribing.
the visuals did help thank you!!
Great information, thanks
This was really good. A follow up that shows you talking through the steps in real time would be cool. Kind of like a camera on your shoulder as you show the camera and trigger. You did a little of that at about 6:30 into this.
Excellent, a lot of info presented clearly.
Thank you!😁
Great, this was very helpful and easy to understand, thank you!
Great job explaining a difficult to understand process.
Thank you! Tried my best to break it down.
well explain sir!
What light stand is your Rim light on @4:10 ? Thoughts/feedback on it vs the Nano stand (looks like a manfrotto) you use?
Would love to see a few videos on the evolution of your gear. For example the different lighting stands you have owned an why you moved. Same with modifiers. Seems like you went buff -> Glow para pop -> Godox.
Another idea for a video would be how you choose what lights, stands, modifiers to pack for a shoot.
Very helpful thanks!
very well explained...
Great Tutorials! In the second example, would have liked to see the final edit to see how you cropped the main light out of the picture and what the final pose of the model was. 👍🏾
Great video! Perfectly explained...
We need more OCF tutorials!😃
Soon! Any videos I've taken in the past that you liked so I can more like that?
@@fjhphoto
th-cam.com/video/5v97NWhiN7Q/w-d-xo.html
I know you didn't take this video and that it's a hand held video but what I liked from the video was that he voiced over what was going through his head during the photoshoot. We get to see why he might have picked that composition,lighting,etc and what we can look for or think about when we are taking photos.
you explained this perfectly... great work
Thank you for The best guide i needed :)
wonderfully articulated!! 💪🏼💪🏼👍🏼 thanks so much 🙏🏼😀
super tuto. I would be interested by some explanations on how to use the flash menu in a a7m4 with a godox V1S, on camera and off camera (with xpro).
Thanks, I did the same thing just yesterday.
my 860ii, 8080 softbox, x1 trigger arrives in a few days. excited already. it will be my 1st ocf. love your videos. My main aim as of now is to be able to create shots like yours!
Very nice video with revealing behind the scene
Im taking a master class on lighting on youtube im watching all kinds of videos of what to do and what not to do or how tos.. 😂 yo its not free cause i pay dor internet 😅 but i forgot some of the things my teachers said 6 years ago 😅😅 but i understand all numbers and everything just needed a refresh on lighting. 😊
Watched a few of your videos right now, I love them.! Can we get a vlog / on the scene video?
thank you sir for always sharing your knowledge and talent with us..keep inspiring!
Hi, Hernandez! Great video again. How about the white balance for OCF? Thank you.
Great video. The only thing I’d like to see included are the edited photos after you’ve explained the settings. Keep up the great work.
A very precise tutorial, with excellent examples and explanations,, thanks so much, great work. Would love to see how you work in post?
Dude you're damn good! Cleared so many doubts any beginner photographer might have.. Thanks!!
Hey Francisco, @santiagohears here! Awesome video as always and thanks a lot for explaining OCF so clearly! I’ll practice this very soon
Hey man! Thanks for watching and best of luck in future shoots.😊
You still the man lol good job.
This is very helpful..thanks sir..
I’m shooting with a Sony a7riii and I see the image completely different on the screen from the results. So I’m always guessing a bit. I probably don’t have my setting set up for flash. Thanks for all the great videos!
With sony cameras when you have a transmitter on the camera and the transmitter is on it will not show you how the photo is exposed. I advise you turn of the transmitter then when you have the background settings then turn the transmitter on. Also, make sure the LCD brightness isn't too bright. I use +1 brightness. Not +2.
@@fjhphoto I wish Sony would fix this but they don't unless you get A1. No such issues with Fuji.
There is a function in the menu system that allows you to bypass the attached transmitter song as you are pressing it. You can program it on any button you feel is appropriate.
Thank you very much for this very interesting video. Bravo !
May you teach us on how to set the light as in what distance we should be having between The model and the light source
Love this tutorial ! 👏🏼👏🏼
I love your channel much respect
Fantastic video, thanks so much!!