Tips for Better on camera Flash Photos

Flash photography is one of the hardest to master but with practice it will get easier. I use it for shooting both events and brand work. I hope these tips help you get further along that journey faster. Thanks for watching!

my set up

Recommended inexpensive flash options for getting started

Gear I shot this video with

[xavierpierre]

flash has come back in style with the point and shoot look and people really like the point and shoot camera flash

[jasonbodden]

TTL is supposedly able to account for whatever diffusion you have on your flash.

[bailey.nt]

Thanks man, the vertical tip is very helpful 👍 sometimes even the lowest aperture and the best cleanest high iso isn't enough. Then I just end up pushing it in lightroom and spending way too much time editing. I'll try using my flash more often.

[joebloodworth]

I'm a beginner hobby shooter and just wanted to add a kudos comment for your YouTube points. Endless great videos for flash, but took many hours to find yours which suited my wants. Thanks for making!

[ZacGrimaldo-sqls]

Coming from the commercial side of photography, not of the commercial guys really knew how to use an OCF, so I took an entire class on it. Later I would have to travel with and do entire shoots with small flash! I'm glad to see the look back in style! Great job on the vid!

[daniel_]

Direct flash is exciting and the look is wicked. I use the cord with a bracket.

[pascalr.]

That was such an insightful video. I want to get into using flash as well but not sure yet where to start. I have a Nikon Z5 and one lens in my bag right now. Im looking to add a flash, possibly something I can use on and off camera. Any suggestions please?

[rukietuchapin]

I agree with most of your tips, but vertical one seems to be cumbersome especially when you shooting with a heavier lens. I mostly just turn just in the opposite directions to avoid shadows.

[EinKlienerDonner]

Most important and biggest tip for this kind of photography is shoot beautiful people. People with chiseled jaw line, and muscle definition looks great on direct flash, clients with baby fat and round face with double chin, bounce flash please..

[jasonbodden]

Or instead of the sync cord you can just mount a bounce card on to your flash then no matter if you shoot vertically or horizontally, your light can still be above the level of your lens.

[onlyfactsme]

What is your approach to in-camera white balance settings when using on-camera flash? Do you set a specific kelvin? Or something else

[oluobasanu]

I wish you talked about how nail exposure with the on camera flash in this video

[edwinsahertian]

$70 for that remote cable is too expensive, better option is to buy a radio flash trigger which gives you even more freedom.

[renestaempfli]

You obviously never used SONY flashes on SONY cameras such as the A1 or the A9III. As a SONY shooter, I would like to use Profoto if they only could properly talk to my A1 and A9III. It's the communication of the flash processor with the camera processor, where SONY's flash is far superior, which leads to far more efficient use of the flash energy. As a SONY user, I found no speedlight, which better integrates than SONY's HVL-F60RM2 with my A1 and A9III. Just put it on the cameras hot shoe and start shooting in any mode. No fiddling, nothing. This is by far the best speed-light for SONY cameras. Nothing comes close. Period. With the A9III, I can shoot at up to 120fps, at 1/16000, f/1.8, ISO 250. No missed pictures, all in focus. The flash automatically adjust the exposure to where you focus the camera while tracking a fast moving object.