{"id":49697,"date":"2020-11-23T17:56:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T21:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=49697"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:12:15","slug":"off-camera-flash-profoto-ocf-adapter-using-a1-a1x-a10-flashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-profoto-ocf-adapter-using-a1-a1x-a10-flashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-camera flash with the Profoto A1, A1x, A10 flashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/482480894?byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h1>Off-camera flash with the Profoto A1, A1x, A10 flashes<\/h1>\n<p>Profoto has a huge array of light modifiers which use their proprietary speed-ring and collar. The Profoto collar is especially easy to use in how the light modifiers fasten to the Profoto flashes. All fine .. except that until now, there was a big gap preventing you from using the Profoto A series flashes with those light modifiers. Profoto took the obvious next big step by adding the <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>) into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>You can now use your Profoto A1 series flashes with any of those light modifiers! Not only can you use any of the Profoto light modifiers, the Profoto OCF adapter has an integrated umbrella mount.<\/p>\n<p>With this video, I met up in New York with <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/category\/models\/rozalinda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rozalinda<\/a>, one of my favorite models to get some cool photos using one of my Profoto A1 flashes. (This Rozalinda&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/rozalindauhl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> account.) The idea with the photo session was to get a variety of photos using the Profoto A1 flash, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF Beauty Dish (24&#8243;)<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;<\/em><em>H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>). That OCF beauty dish is my preferred light modifier when shooting out on location because if its portability and small size.<\/p>\n<p>As with any of the review videos on this site, I wanted to make it wider in appeal than just mentioning the specific device in this case, the <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>). I want anyone who watches the video to perhaps learn more about how I shoot and perhaps pick up an idea or two. Also, I kept a section in the video which shows how I directed Rozalinda with her posing.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/rozalinda\/profoto_ocf\/Rozalinda_2020-11__027.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I used the Sony 85mm f\/1.4 GM lens here, mostly wide open. One thing that made a substantial difference in my photography in constantly getting critically sharp images when shooting with lenses wide open, is the eye-focus feature of mirrorless cameras. More on that topic: <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/more-intuitive-composition-with-eye-focus-of-mirrorless-cameras\/\">Intuitive composition with eye-focus of mirrorless cameras<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/200 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/1.4 \u00a0@ \u00a0320 ISO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 85mm f\/1.4 GM<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A9<\/a>\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto A1x flash for Sony<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF Beauty Dish (24&#8243;)<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;<\/em><em>H<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-1004bac-tall-light-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manfrotto 1004BAC light stand<\/a>\u00a0 (<em>Amazon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/rozalinda\/profoto_ocf\/Rozalinda_2020-11__052.jpg\" width=\"748\" height=\"1122\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even now I am still surprised at how you can transform any background in a photo with a portrait lens, using a wide aperture. More on that topic: <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/85mm-best-lens-change-portrait-photography\/\">85mm \u2013 The best lens to change your portrait photography<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/250 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/1.4 \u00a0@ \u00a0125 ISO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 85mm f\/1.4 GM<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A9<\/a>\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto A1x flash for Sony<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF Beauty Dish (24&#8243;)<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;<\/em><em>H<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-1004bac-tall-light-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manfrotto 1004BAC light stand<\/a>\u00a0 (<em>Amazon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/rozalinda\/profoto_ocf\/Rozalinda_2020-11__066.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here I wanted to balance the light on her with the brightest part of the background. I set the flash (in the octabox) to <strong>full manual output<\/strong> because I knew I would need maximum amount of light from the flash. Even though we do lose about a stop of light by going to <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/video-tutorial-high-speed-flash-sync-hss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">High-Speed Flash Sync<\/a>, I wanted that shallow depth of field.<\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/1250 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/2 \u00a0@ \u00a0125 ISO<\/li>\n<li>full power manual flash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 85mm f\/1.4 GM<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A9<\/a>\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto A1x flash for Sony<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF Beauty Dish (24&#8243;)<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;<\/em><em>H<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-1004bac-tall-light-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manfrotto 1004BAC light stand<\/a>\u00a0 (<em>Amazon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/rozalinda\/profoto_ocf\/Rozalinda_2020-11__082.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have a range of options on how to balance our flash with the background, depending on desired outcome &#8212; especially in a scenario like this where the background isn&#8217;t very specific. Here I want to the other extreme &#8212; gentle fill-flash to augment the available light. Here I was in <strong>TTL flash<\/strong> with the FEC turned down to (probably) -1 EV. More on that topic: <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-tutorial-balancing-flash-and-ambient-exposure\/\">Flash photography tutorial: Balancing flash &amp; ambient exposure<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/250 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/1.6 \u00a0@ \u00a080 ISO<\/li>\n<li>TTL flash at -1EV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 85mm f\/1.4 GM<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-85mm-f14-gm-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A9<\/a>\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto A1x flash for Sony<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF Beauty Dish (24&#8243;)<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;<\/em><em>H<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-1004bac-tall-light-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manfrotto 1004BAC light stand<\/a>\u00a0 (<em>Amazon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/rozalinda\/profoto_ocf\/Rozalinda_2020-11__127.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the video I describe how I feathered the flash to the side to control the amount of light-spill on the background to camera left. In terms of flash exposure \u00a0in relation to the ambient light &#8212; I purposely underexposed the ambient light by about 3 stops to have the flash dominate for more dynamic light. More on that topic: <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-vs-available-light\/\">Off-camera flash vs. available light<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of an 85mm lens, I used the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Planar FE 50mm f\/1.4 ZA<\/a> \u00a0<em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>) for an easier working distance, since I was shooting full-length.<\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/1250 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/2.8 \u00a0@ \u00a0400 ISO<\/li>\n<li>manual flash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Planar FE 50mm f\/1.4 ZA<\/a> \u00a0<em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A9<\/a>\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto A1x flash for Sony<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF Beauty Dish (24&#8243;)<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-beauty-dish-24-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;<\/em><em>H<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-1004bac-tall-light-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manfrotto 1004BAC light stand<\/a>\u00a0 (<em>Amazon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/rozalinda\/profoto_ocf\/Rozalinda_2020-11__193.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instead of flash and a softbox, I wanted a more concentrated, dramatic beam of light on Rozalinda&#8217;s face. I opted for just using the modeling light with a grid on it.<\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/1250 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/2.8 \u00a0@ \u00a0400 ISO<\/li>\n<li>manual flash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Planar FE 50mm f\/1.4 ZA<\/a> \u00a0<em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-planar-fe-50mm-f14-za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A9<\/a>\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto A1x flash for Sony<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a1x-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Grids for the Profoto A1 series flashes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto OCF adapter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-1004bac-tall-light-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manfrotto 1004BAC light stand<\/a>\u00a0 (<em>Amazon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class='one_half'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/profoto\/ocf\/profoto_ocf_adapter_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='one_half last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-ocf-adapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/profoto\/ocf\/profoto_ocf_adapter_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/neilvn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/banners\/instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For videos, follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/neilvn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NeilvanNiekerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>The Profoto OCF adapter makes it possible to access a vast array of existing Profoto light modifiers.\u00a0With the eye on having fun with this photo session, and getting a few solid images, it came together pretty well, I think. The Profoto A1 flash was easy to use and the entire setup quite portable and light &#8230; except for the light-stand of course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Related articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-profoto-a1-flash\/\">review: Profoto A1 flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/category\/equipment-reviews-lighting-gear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reviews of lighting gear<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rozalindauhl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rozalinda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/85mm-best-lens-change-portrait-photography\/\">85mm \u2013 The best lens to change your portrait photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/more-intuitive-composition-with-eye-focus-of-mirrorless-cameras\/\">Intuitive composition with eye-focus of mirrorless cameras<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/video-tutorial-high-speed-flash-sync-hss\/\">Video tutorial \u2013 High Speed Flash Sync (HSS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-tutorial-balancing-flash-and-ambient-exposure\/\">Flash photography tutorial: Balancing flash &amp; ambient exposure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-vs-available-light\/\">Off-camera flash vs. available light<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off-camera flash with the Profoto A1, A1x, A10 flashes Profoto has a huge array of light modifiers which use their proprietary speed-ring and collar. The Profoto collar is especially easy to use in how the light modifiers fasten to the Profoto flashes. All fine .. except that until now, there was a big gap preventing&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-profoto-ocf-adapter-using-a1-a1x-a10-flashes\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[13475,15,110,511,12393,630],"tags":[880,624,7244,461],"yst_prominent_words":[1116,13264,13260,13240,1115,1021,13111,11248,2213,13259,13239,13237,11799,12994,13241,13238,13236,11798,11796,13263],"class_list":{"0":"post-49697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-equipment-reviews-profoto","7":"category-flash-photography","8":"category-off-camera-flash","9":"category-profoto","10":"category-rozalinda","11":"category-video-tutorial","12":"tag-off-camera-flash","13":"tag-on-location-lighting-with-profoto","14":"tag-profoto-a1-flash","15":"tag-profoto-lighting-kit","16":"entry","17":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49697"}],"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=49697"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52432,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49697\/revisions\/52432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49697"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=49697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}