Luke Cleland
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How I use FLASH at Weddings.
This is how I use flash at weddings, specifically wedding receptions. How I use off camera flash & video light.
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Carrying light is very important when you are out in the field. Less is more. So getting great images while having to worry about what light equipment to use is critical when you are short for time for weddings and you don't want to miss that moment. Also it is easier on your back especially when you go solo because the B/G are on a budget and don't want to hire a 2nd shooter. That is just crazy….lol but they do it.
Some videos are great. And some videos probably ought to become required learning, like a textbook, in art schools around the world, in this case photography schools.
You could also set the zoom on the flash accurate with the lens you are using
thank you so much.
Aw Luke! Recently shot with you (I was video for the wedding we shot). So great to bump into you here!
Superb video – thanks man
Thania for sharing! This is one of the best videos explaining how to use a flash and balancing light!
ok this helped so much! I shot a wedding last night and used some of your tips that I learned only an hour or so before I started and loved the results!! feeling much more confident with my flash now, thanks!
Realy great simple flash class.
This video is everything ❤
thank you for sharing this video!! so helpful for an engagement party i have coming up :’)
Thank you, this was an amazing amount of info packed into less than 20 mins, so well presented. Much gratitude!
11:27 In this case, you leave the flash mounted on the tripod, and the camera attaches the trigger ? Thank you, you just earned a sub!
Awesome vid. What kind of sorcery are you using to not only record your EVF but also have it simultaneously show up live on your iMac? Pretty cool. Also, I found iso does effect input of flash light on top of ambient light… if that makes sense.
A great video, good explanations! Do you consider color temperature of ambient vs flash light?
10/10 video! Thank you!
Amazing video, gave me several ideas of using the gear I already have (not a lot) and get more artistic images on parties and receptions. I do go to weddings, but with video only… it's probably time to get some photo contracts too.
I just messed up an event as the so called “official photographer”. I’m using xt4 fujifilm as a hobbyist and my friend asked me to help him taking photos for his event. The lighting was so bad and i never had a flash.
I’m learning something now and i feel like i can understand this! 😂
Please answer this … how do you use flash when its dark outdoor and you dont have any wall or ceiling to bounce flash
Nice video with useful examples. Thank you!
Incredibly helpful, thank you!
Like most of us, I watch a lot of instructional videos. This is probably the best video I have seen using flash at a wedding. You made it simple, yet versatile. Excellent explanations and analogies to carry your points home. You didn't really share any earth shaking insights, but it was so clear in comparison, approach and outcome. Thank you. 📸🌞
Great video which I had this 20 years ago!!! Great new learnings here for me as well. Thanks Luke!
Thanks for the video. Very nice and simple and clear. That's what I'm looking for haha. By the way: No flash at all –> totally agree, since I'm (still) too afraid to use it (especially weddings isn't the time to practice when there is a crucial moment haha… that's kind of what kept me from doing it most of the time… I played with it but not much yet). But the pictures I get without flash are very satisfying and to be honest the only way to actually capture the atmosphere the way it really was. At the dancefloor it is dark and moody and there are – oftentimes – colorful lights. With something like the A7RIII or A9II I can pull up the shadows so much without loosing image quality, it is amazing. Sometimes it looks a bit "too much" (like these HDR pictures from back then 😉 ). But most of the time if you tweek it here and there in post it is very pleasing. I guess that editing is just much less work with flash, because you don't have to adjust that many factors. Another factor would be those flickering LED lights, that a flash can just overpower. On the other hand – especially with the A9 series – it's not been a big problem for me.
When you bounce flash, esp in portrait orientation for like candid shots etc, try bouncing flash off the floor instead of ceiling. Sometimes you get amazing results…