{"id":45015,"date":"2018-04-26T18:19:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T22:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=45015"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:09:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:09:35","slug":"off-camera-flash-tutorial-balancing-flash-with-ambient-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-tutorial-balancing-flash-with-ambient-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-camera flash tutorial &#8211; Balancing flash with ambient light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/34011198?byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Off-camera flash tutorial &#8211; Balancing flash with ambient light<\/h1>\n<p>In the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-tutorial-flash-with-no-ambient-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">off-camera flash tutorial<\/a>, we started at the elemental level where we did not have to consider ambient light. This helped us in understanding a few of the basics. Ultimately though, where off-camera flash will be used most, is on location where you have to consider the ambient light as well. With this tutorial video, we look at how we would go about balancing flash with ambient light.<\/p>\n<p>With this segment, we cover the essentials such as:<br \/>\n\u00b7 \u00a0Using <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/maximum-flash-sync-speed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maximum flash sync speed<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00b7 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/flash-photography-techniques\/flash-exposure-compensation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flash exposure compensation<\/a>\u00a0when using TTL flash.<br \/>\n\u00b7 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/manual-flash-ttl-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manual flash vs. TTL flash<\/a><br \/>\n\u00b7 \u00a0 Using a hand-held light meter to determine (manual) flash exposure.<br \/>\n\u00b7 \u00a0 Adjusting your speedlight&#8217;s power according to the light-meter, to get correct flash exposure.<br \/>\n\u00b7 \u00a0 And always, that acronym, PAID: Power, Aperture, ISO, Distance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/flash\/video-tutorial\/off-camera-flash-essentials.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This video tutorial is one in a series that originally appeared on the Clickin&#8217; Moms website in 2012, but licensing has now reverted back to me, and here we are &#8211; a tutorial that might be dated in terms of some of the gear used, but the principles remain the same. In conjunction with all the other articles about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/flash-photography-techniques\/off-camera-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">off-camera flash photography<\/a>,\u00a0these videos should make a good primer on the topic of off-camera flash.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-tutorial-flash-with-no-ambient-light\/\">Off-camera flash tutorial \u2013 Flash with no ambient light<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Off-camera flash tutorial &#8211; Balancing flash with ambient light<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-tutorial-off-camera-flash-on-location\/\">Off-camera flash tutorial \u2013 Off-camera flash on location<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/video-tutorial-ttl-fill-flash\/\">Video tutorial: TTL fill-flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/video-tutorial-manual-flash-settings\/\">Video tutorial: Manual flash settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/how-to-set-up-wireless-flash-with-the-pop-up-flash\/\">How to set up wireless flash with the pop-up flash<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a more up-to-date list of gear for off-camera flash, start with this:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/gear-list-starting-out-with-off-camera-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gear list \u2013 Starting out with off-camera flash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Somehow in editing this video way back in 2011, I neglected to add the final photograph I took of Anelisa. Here it is, cropped to a 5&#215;4 ratio to post here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/anelisa\/NV1_4732.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"719\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><div class='one_third'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608952789?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=planeneilphot-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608952789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/2-offcameraflash-250.jpg\" alt=\"Off-Camera Flash Photography\" width=\"250\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='two_third last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Off-Camera Flash Photography<\/h2>\n<p>With this book, I wanted the material in the book to flow as a truly accessible introduction to off-camera flash.\u00a0The techniques here are within the reach of everyone.<\/p>\n<p>As always, the aim was for those aha! moments when things become clear and just makes sense. And then, hopefully, inspire the readers of the book to see how easily off-camera flash lighting can expand our photographic repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>You can either purchase a copy via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608952789\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=planeneilphot-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608952789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amazon USA<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1608952789\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=tangents02-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1608952789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon UK<\/a><\/strong>. The book is available on the Apple iBook Store, and Amazon Kindle.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NeilvanNiekerk\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/banners\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off-camera flash tutorial &#8211; Balancing flash with ambient light In the previous off-camera flash tutorial, we started at the elemental level where we did not have to consider ambient light. This helped us in understanding a few of the basics. Ultimately though, where off-camera flash will be used most, is on location where you have&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-tutorial-balancing-flash-with-ambient-light\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[110,630],"tags":[880,112,686,251],"yst_prominent_words":[1265,2926,3371,3370,1416,10727,10742,10741,3376,3372,1417,3374,10726,10740,10738,2930,10743,9889,10739,2719],"class_list":{"0":"post-45015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-off-camera-flash","8":"category-video-tutorial","9":"tag-off-camera-flash","10":"tag-off-camera-flash-photography","11":"tag-off-camera-flash-tutorial","12":"tag-off-camera-flash-with-speedlights","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45015"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50114,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45015\/revisions\/50114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45015"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=45015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}