{"id":7408,"date":"2011-03-08T19:27:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T23:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=7408"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:04:11","slug":"video-using-the-black-foamie-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/video-using-the-black-foamie-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Video tutorial &#8211; Using the &#8216;black foamie thing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/20809045?portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Video tutorial &#8211; Using the &#8216;black foamie thing&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p><div class='two_third'>\n\t\t\t\t\tWhen bouncing your flash, <strong>flagging<\/strong> your on-camera speedlight is a simple way of controlling the direction of light from your flash .. and hence, controlling the quality of light from the on-camera flash. <br clear=\"all\" \/><br clear=\"all\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/bft-black-foam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>piece of foam<\/strong><\/a> can be ordered via this affiliate link. I cut the sheet into smaller pieces. The BFT is held in position by two <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/bft-black-hair-bands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>hair bands<\/strong><\/a>, and the BFT is usually placed on the <strong>under-side<\/strong> of the flash-head.<br clear=\"all\" \/><br clear=\"all\" \/>The linked articles will give clearer instruction, especially this video clip on how to use the black foamie thing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='one_third last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/bft-black-foam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/flash\/bft\/bft_sq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/flash\/bft\/NV2_2061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/flash\/bft\/NV2_2060.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regarding the photographs shown in the video clip:<br \/>\ncamera settings: 1\/250 @ f3.5 @ 400 ISO<\/p>\n<p>I used maximum sync speed since I wanted to eliminate as much of the ambient light I could for this demonstration so that pretty much only the flash registers in the final image. (Clicking through to the linked image will show the same photo without flash &#8211; just to give you an idea of the total effect of the on-camera flash.)<\/p>\n<p>This next image is the one where I peeled back the BFT and used it in that half-bounce position &#8230; still aiming for the same spot on the ceiling as before, but without the BFT blocking the direct light on Anelisa. You can clearly see that there is direct flash falling on her, even with the flash pointing upwards and slightly towards her. \u00a0You definitely need to flag your flash in this case to get that quality of light that we&#8217;re seeking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/flash\/bft\/NV2_2083.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Related articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/flash-photography-techniques\/bouncing-flash\/\">How to bounce flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/the-black-foamie-thing\/\">The black foamie thing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/on-camera-flash-light-modifiers-remove-the-plastic-diffuser\/\">Throw away the tupperware!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/on-camera-bounce-flash-to-create-soft-window-light\/\">Bounce flash technique \u2013 mimicking soft window light<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/bounce-flash-photography-short-lighting\/\">Bounce flash &amp; short lighting<\/a>\u00a0 (workshop in Cork, Ireland)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/bounce-flash-balancing-foreground-background-exposure\/\">An example of bounce flash technique<\/a> (cute baby)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/bounce-flash-catchlights\/\">Bounce flash &amp; catchlights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/using-on-camera-flash-modifier-that-is-black-instead-of-white\/\">Why I use a light modifier that is black<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/bridal-portrait-on-camera-bounce-flash\/\">Bridal portrait with bounce flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/directional-light-from-your-on-camera-flash\/\">Directional light from your on-camera flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For more videos, follow me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/neilvn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NeilvanNiekerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Techie details about the video clip itself<\/h2>\n<p>The sound recorded via Sennheiser G2 wireless microphone system.<br \/>\nVideo clip edited in iMovie &#8217;11<br \/>\nMusic for the video clip provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/triplescoopmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Triple Scoop Music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Equipment used for the HD video:<br \/>\n<strong>Canon 5D mk II<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/canon-ef-24-105mm-f4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canon 24-105mm f4L IS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Equipment used for the stills photography:<br \/>\nNikon D3; <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/nikon-70-200mm-f2-8-vr-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S VR II<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/nikon-sb-910-speedlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikon SB-910 Speedlight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Video tutorial &#8211; Using the &#8216;black foamie thing&#8217; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[431,203,833,15,42,43,630],"tags":[890,881,871,56],"yst_prominent_words":[1158,1845,1844,1842,1854,6256,3948,2237,1848,1847,2238,1120,1838,1852,3732,2453,1862,2584,1141,1880],"class_list":{"0":"post-7408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anelisa-durham","8":"category-black-foamie-thing","9":"category-equipment-reviews-lighting-gear","10":"category-flash-photography","11":"category-technique","12":"category-video-clip","13":"category-video-tutorial","14":"tag-black-foamie-thing","15":"tag-bounce-flash-photography","16":"tag-flash-photography","17":"tag-flash-photography-tips","18":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7408"}],"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=7408"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50106,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7408\/revisions\/50106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7408"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}