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Why not get the bracket and try it out? I bought 3 Alienbee strobes and haven't shot outdoors with them yet. I need a power source for them and modifiers.
quick question fong, not sure if i asked this before... but do you use an ND filter? with those sunset photos
All this talk about light is great. I started with a Canon 480 exII then i got a third party flash Amazon product ASIN B0079M711S . This thing works GREAT! I'm gonna invest in another soon. They are cheap yet powerful and they have a ton of settings that I wish Canon had (like slave mode). As far as shooting outdoors, just pick a good time to shoot outside (golden hours). I have used paul buff's strobes and I don't even use them at half power most of the time because it's just too much unless I want to shoot at f/11 or higher. They are great if you need a ton of light or using a huge modifier. Start small with off camera flashes and build your way up if needed. The bigger strobes need an external power source and are a pain to lug around outdoors. Just my 2 cents, hope this helps.
I got two Yongnuo IIIs. Pretty good flashes but I have nothing to compare to. I do love how they have the built in radio receiver, so you don't need to buy extra ones. I plan on trying to shoot at low light soon. Just looking at strobes sounds horrible with all the stuff you need to buy. Never even knew you needed external power. I do want a somewhat portable equipment but even the flash stands are almost a pain to carry.
While using multiple strobes, OCF, softboxes and such is fun, I rather focus on maneuvering natural light, honestly I cringe when I see wedding photographers lugging around all sorts of lighting equipment, seems so unnecessary to me....specially in a situation when usually time if of such importance.
1 flash is enough for me.
I really don't have time to be watching all those videos but please note this .... On the first Video that Fong posted. The beauty dish really served as a fill light. Not much output was put from the beauty dish. In addition, the very first image taken was without lights.
Don't be afraid to take images in natural lighting, you be surprise how wonderful they turn out.
Like I mentioned before, not to insult you or anything cause thats not how I mean it. When you took the images, you must of have been doing something wrong because there's no way on a sunny day even in the shade that the images should come out black if you have the correct setting. You should at least use the in camera lightmeter to see if you are over or under exposing. For dramatic lighting like in one of the images posted either you going to need a 580 EX or an actual strobe to over power the sun.
You can your regular flash to accomplish what he accomplished. Just know that there are many type of umprellas and ways of setting up so you can accomplish a certain looks.
Example Umbrella directly pointed at subject is basically a cheap defure. Umbrella turn opposite to subject with a black top and silver bottom is use to spread the light on the subject. same position just white is to fill ... etc etc etc .....
Lighting is not rocket science you just need a general understand and paying attention to shadows and fall offs ....
If you want to start over powering sun and stuff like that, then you really do need a strobe.
I completely agre. Sometimes the drama that the lack of light creates makes for outstanding shots.
And I am all about natural light but I just want to shoot something different than what I normally do. I always was apposed to flash photography but now I am somewhat intrigued, which is just breathing new life into my photography hobby. I mean I love still shooting landscapes and all but I'd like to be a bit more versatile.
Beside the second image - I'm almost certain that a strobe was used to shoot these. That first one had to be with a very powerful strobe to get that type of lighting and balance the background. Google dynamic lighting and I'm sure you will find a lot of information in regards to these type of images. In regards to the video you showed earlier, you would not need a strobe but a flash would be nice for fill lighting and that even would be unnecessary .....Well.....that is what I am trying to do but no, I haven't really shot people. I figure to shoot marry the two styles that I like and shoot like an offshoot portrait with a landscape in the background. So far I haven't spent like tons of bread but even with 2 flashes, trigger and stand, that was like in the $300 range. Still all in budget but I didn't think I need a god damn strobe. So I'll just shoot in low light for now. I want to go for looks like this if any.
Even this would be dope (and insane)