off-camera bounce flash – my guest spot on Frank Doorhof’s blog
I was fortunate to make the acquaintance of a phenomenal Fashion photographer last year when Frank Doorhof visited New York. He was gracious enough to be featured on the Tangents blog with a guest spot - on learning the essentials of photography. And it is my turn to reciprocate. The topic of my post is off-camera bounce flash.
Showing a sequence of images that I shot of Ulorin Vex earlier this year, I explain the thought-process in the lighting that I used. The lighting technique itself was quite simple, but there were some steps in finessing the final result.
And it’s all there on Frank’s blog - off-camera bounce flash.
More photo sessions with Ulorin Vex:
- model – Ulorin Vex
- Ulorin Vex in red (photo session 2)
- Ulorin Vex – window light (photo session 3)
- Ulorin Vex – Monaco foyer (photo session 4)
- example: direct off-camera flash vs softbox
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I have to agree with Tristan (in the comments), regarding the softbox v bounce difference. And as always, those pullback shots help immensely.
Comment by Tony — November 29, 2011 @ 6:05 am
Neil, why using off camera bounce flash instead of on camera bounce flash? In this example, I guess you could achieve similar result using on camera bounce flash.
Comment by Ryano Tandayu — November 30, 2011 @ 12:32 am
Comment by Neil vN — November 30, 2011 @ 1:51 am
Hi Neil, just finished your book on off camera flash and had to let you know it was great. Had a quick question though. When you are using speedlight’s (SB-800)off camera in manual mode does your ISO affect your exposure? I am using two bodies a D200 and my new D700. As you know the D200 has a low ISO of 100 and the D700 only drops down to ISO 200. If I am interchanging the camera’s during one shoot (to avoid changing lenses) should I be concerned about this and is there some way to let the flashes know which ISO I am shooting with.
Thanks again for all you great help and advice.
Ross
Comment by Ross — December 8, 2011 @ 10:25 pm
Comment by Neil vN — December 8, 2011 @ 10:59 pm
Thanks Neil. But how does the flash know what ISO I’m working with in manual off camera flash? Let’s assume I am shooting at f4 at max synch speed and 200 ISO. But lets say I then switch to a group shot and need the increased DOF of f8. If I increase my ISO to match do I have to adjust the power output of my flash as well? Or move the flash closer? And won’t increasing the ISO on my camera affect how much ambient light is registering? I’m sorry but I’ve been working with off camera flash in TTL since I started reading your blog but lately I have been experimenting with off camera manual flash to try and get some consistency in my exposures and I’m struggling. I will try re-reading some of the articles on manual flash.
Ross
Comment by Ross — December 9, 2011 @ 2:39 am
I love how both this shot and the one in the kids room came out… Bouncing off camera flash does come with lots of flexibility and great images… As for Ross I would recommend you always shoot using manual on your flash then just change settings as you shoot… It is not a must to shoot at max sync speed (especially off camera flash) I have done great images at speeds of 1/400sec and still came out nice so long as my SB700 had completely recycled…
Your blog Neil is a great read thank you…
Always
Sabore
Comment by Sabore — June 13, 2012 @ 4:46 pm