Combining Strobes and Reflectors: A Lighting Tutorial

Combining Strobes and Reflectors: A Lighting Tutorial Tube. Duration : 4.12 Mins.

By Jay P. Morgan I enjoy using reflectors when shooting on location but I find it's a bit restrictive. There are many things that can be done with a couple of reflectors alone but so many more options open up when you just add one strobe head. In this follow-up to last week's lesson on "Reflectors", The Slanted Lens will take a look at using one strobe head in addition to our reflectors. This is the way I like to shoot on location. With a couple of reflectors and a portable strobe unit I can better control the lighting situations I may face on location. When the sun does not cooperate, the strobe does. It's there as a fail safe for whatever situation I may be in. I love the look. Let's look at using strobes with reflectors. Good luck and keep on click'n! Jay P. Morgan www.kesslercrane.com http www.henselusa.com http triplescoopmusic.com http www.glidecam.com http

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How to do Flash Studio Photography with Water Splash Strobes Speedlite

Here is a little video on how I did the flash photography with Canon Speedlites while dropping items into a tank of water. With a white background, I used a Canon Speedlite 580ex II on the left and right of the fish tank with water. They were set to manual 1/128sec. I had a Canon Speedlite 430ex ii on a chair behind the fish tank pointing towards the white background so it would come out pure white. This was set to manual 1/64th of a second (I would of done 1/128 but the 430ex ii can only go down to 1/64). You want to go 1/128 so it freezes the splash mid air. I also used another Canon Speedlite 430ex II in front of the tank at a 45 degree angle to fill the shadows on the front of the object your dropping. This one isn't totally necessary cause you can angle the side flashes a little to help hit the front of the object, but I had the flash available and I liked the results better when using it. I only had to squeegee the tank splashes once every 10 or so drops when using white cause its really easy to remove the spots in Lightroom with the exposure brush. But on the black background, it was a totally different story. I had to squeegee every single time or the spots on the side of the tank would appear as bright as day in your photo, making it much harder to remove them in post. I bought a squeegee from WalMart for $1.50, and cut the handle off (since otherwise the handle would hit the end of the tank before I was done wiping it off). With a black background, you dont need ...

Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 54: Speedlights vs. Studio Strobes: Adorama Photography TV

Adorama Photography TV presents: In this episode Mark will compare the differences between speedlights and studio strobes. For videos and articles about Speedlights and Studio Strobes, as well as to order DVDs by Mark Wallace, Joe McNally and David Hobby that go into great depth on the subject, go here: www.adorama.com Find these products on Adorama.com: www.adorama.com Visit www.adorama.com for more photography videos! Send your questions to: AskMark@Adorama.com

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