Comments on: A Quick Look at Balancing Flash at Sunset, Quickly

By: wizwow

wizwow — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:35:20 +0000

Absolutely. The size of the light source is the determiner of soft light.

What I am referring to in this shot is that the light be ‘soft’ as it falls across the stage. With all that foreground, a ‘beam’ of light would have seemed harsh, while the spread of light, and at such a small amount, the beach looks more natural, and the soft ambient but a bit raised.

By: Jouni

Jouni — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:00:27 +0000

Thanks for a nice tutorial. This is just the kind of step-by-step explanation that I think is perfect for learning.

One comment though:
“I also had Jimi check to make sure the flash was zoomed out to wide angle so it would be a softer, wider light on Briana”
Do you agree, that the softness of light comes from the size and distance of the light, not the spread of the beam?

By: wedding_photographer

wedding_photographer — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:10:46 +0000

Fantastic post – I can really live the episode with you.

I like your way of working – I do not use a lightmeter either and would take a similar approach to yours… even though it would probably take me much longer

By: wizwow

wizwow — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:06:43 +0000

Hi,
ISO is 100 for me usually, 200 sometimes. I can go to 800 once in a while, but only for effect or if the light just needs the extra boost.

By: gt007

gt007 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:44:45 +0000

Great work..had a question, what was the ISO you used for your work?

By: wizwow

wizwow — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:56:29 +0000

Hi fexy01

No, what I meant was in order to get an idea of what the setting would be I set the camera to Aperture Value, and shot a few. That gave me an initial starting point to begin the lighting. I am going to clarify above, as it is a bit confusing. Thanks.

By: fexy01

fexy01 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:48:04 +0000

Again, great stuff. One question… By “AV”, do you mean ambient value? I thought it was something like that from the context, but wasn’t sure.