Flash photography tips, better portraits using an external flashgun to bounce the flash
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You’ve already seen in a previous film of mine how you can bounce the flash off walls and ceilings when using an external flashgun that has a swivel head (most do!). Bouncing the flash gives a nice overall soft light, but is it possible to use on-camera flash flash to take slightly more creative flash portraits, images that looks a little more polished than a standard bounced flash portrait? Yes it is.
Watch the film to learn more.
Details of the Gobo / flag:-
The material is available from craft shops and is called ‘Funky Foam’.
You can also find it on Ebay, it’s not expensive and usually comes in A3 or A4 sheets.
The dimensions of the one shown in this film is 11cm x 15cm, with 50cm diagonal cut outs at the bottom.
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26 responses to “Flash photography , better portraits using an external flashgun, bounce flash with a difference”
Bernies videos are simple, to the point, and well worth the time. Lucky to have his expertise on Youtube. Check out his paid stuff (inexpensive) on Udemy – thanks, Bernie.
https://youtu.be/ixyjeYtTz60
when he was doing those little laughs it reminded me of someone, and then it hit me Mr Mackay lol
Must try!
The model looks like he just murdered his parents, scary and in no way a model ?
There was no flash light in the second Shot 😂👍
i usualy rotate the flash towards where the model nose points …
Great tutorial!
Nice video, thanks!
Simply effective trick… Thanks
I love the simplicity of this. Also, I love the "diy" shadow! I am just starting photography and using flash intimidates me. So, thank you! – Christina
Thank you
Great video .. thanks sir .
Hey mister whats ur settings in ur camera??
Which camera where u using .?
Great video!! Thank you very much. 🙂
you threw so much shade to Lawrence damn
nice vides
Very useful Information on lighting. And you describe it very very well. Thank you so much!
Great! Thanks
thanks sir it's very usefull vedio
Nice..It reminds me of the black foamie thing, which I just tried this week on a shoot for the first time. I like your velcro idea to attach it…I only used this method once, but looking forward to really using it on a lot of shoots. Thanks.
Philip
Peter ain't kidding. Nice portrait!
So simple technic making a huge difference….thanks for the video!
Thank you! Great tips.
thank you