Great Lighting Tutorial!

What an awesome tutorial on Outdoor Portraiture and Off Camera Lighting. Thanks Stan. Every aspiring photog should watch this!

http://www.stansphotos​.com …eos/Lighting_Tu​torial.wmv

always looking to get better I'm going to take a look, thanks

That helped me a lot!

I always have to recommend these videos whenever I get the chance:

http://www.youtube.com …y_list?p=E0542C​6850B516FA

Informative and even understandable for a complete lighting newbie like me.

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

-bart

John E wrote in post #9085573
What an awesome tutorial on Outdoor Portraiture and Off Camera Lighting. Thanks Stan. Every aspiring photog should watch this!

I totally agree, this tutorial was very well done.

For a selection of other well done tutorials - access this Video Library:

http://www.prophotolif​e.com/video-library/

Thanks for the links. There's so much to learn about photography!

True that

I've run into the very problem he addresses: I want to shoot at a large aperture to isolate the subject from a busy background, but at 1/200 the BG is too bright. But what if you're shooting with studio strobes that don't offer HSS? Using Cybersyncs that don't offer HSS either? ND filters can impede AF (as he mentions). His solution works great, but I don't have access to that solution without re-buying all my equipment.

I agree, what is the Strobist answer to shooting in such a bright setting (in other words, shooting in Manual, and not relying on ETTL)?

Brett wrote in post #9108657
I've run into the very problem he addresses: I want to shoot at a large aperture to isolate the subject from a busy background, but at 1/200 the BG is too bright. But what if you're shooting with studio strobes that don't offer HSS? Using Cybersyncs that don't offer HSS either? ND filters can impede AF (as he mentions). His solution works great, but I don't have access to that solution without re-buying all my equipment.

you have a ton of choice to get the background blurred. here's a few.
-use a 3 stop ND filter to get your desired SS <1/200 + a canon flash for focus assit w/ flash firing disabled
-shoot in lower ambient light conditions such as in shades or when its cloudy.
-shoot 30 minutes prior to dawn and 30 minutes after dusk
-use longer FL to blur out the bkg such as 200mm - 300mm
-pick a location with a large separation disatnce between the subject and your background.

Marloon wrote in post #9108987
you have a ton of choice to get the background blurred. here's a few.
-use a 3 stop ND filter to get your desired SS <1/200 + a canon flash for focus assit w/ flash firing disabled
-shoot in lower ambient light conditions such as in shades or when its cloudy.
-shoot 30 minutes prior to dawn and 30 minutes after dusk
-use longer FL to blur out the bkg such as 200mm - 300mm
-pick a location with a large separation disatnce between the subject and your background.

very well said

That tutorial is fantastic and those youtube videos also! thx

Marloon wrote in post #9108987
you have a ton of choice to get the background blurred. here's a few.
-use a 3 stop ND filter to get your desired SS <1/200 + a canon flash for focus assit w/ flash firing disabled
-shoot in lower ambient light conditions such as in shades or when its cloudy.
-shoot 30 minutes prior to dawn and 30 minutes after dusk
-use longer FL to blur out the bkg such as 200mm - 300mm
-pick a location with a large separation disatnce between the subject and your background.

Yes, the ND filter is a good choice, if slightly inconvenient. Probably the best choice.

Cloudy means waiting for a cloudy day, and shade isn't always available.

It's not always (meaning never ) possible to get the model to show up at dawn...dusk, maybe.

Using a longer FL changes perspective, as I have to be further from the model. Not always desirable.

Your last suggestion is good, but not always practical.

I look forward to the day when flash sync speeds are 1/8000 or thereabouts.

Thanks for the suggestions, though. They're all good, just not all practical.