Which is better? Breaking Sync or ND Filter?

In this detailed yet short video, master photography-trainer Andrew shows you 2 ways you can get blurry background through low F numbers despite using Flashes: Breaking Flash Sync or ND Filters with Flash. Lets find out which is better! Better still, you compare and tell us which you think is nicer in the comments below!!

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[brucenethercutt]

I love your videos and explanations. My photography is very influenced by your teachings.

[himalayareaders]

Sir, your teaching goes inside out of the essencial rules in photography.

[jamesspicewilliams]

Thank you for the effort in the video. You gave me a lot to consider. You inspire me to continually learn. I think using modern lighting equipment with HS sync is the best approach. Regardless the quality of the filter, the image is degraded a bit. Your session illustrates direct flash in and open shade environment. The mismatch of light quality looks unnatural. If you shot in direct flash in direct sunlight or soft box in open shade…the hack would be found lacking. Not enough power. My weapon of choice would be as much power as I could get with high speed sync feature and travel convenience. That’s a hard combination but I’ve settled on the Godox AD600. I know is an older model but it has a two distinct attributes for me. It’s paid for and it still works reliably. Thanks for what you do Sir.

[ronyedin]

I shoot flash with ND filters now to break sync speeds. Get a good ND filter and you are golden. Don’t cheap out on ND because the cheaper ones have color casts. A big advantage with ND+ Flash is that you can shoot faster and not wait for the recycle time on the flash.

[gothickah]

Thank you, cikgu. I learn a lot from your tutorial vids. 🙏

[ALLBOUTTHUGLIFE]

You are a Master of all Masters, Andrew. Great topic. It's like you read my mind with every video 😁 God Bless 🙏

[jethercalope]

Haha I love your interactions with your model.

[LeopoldoManuelRamirezMena]

With variable nd filters you are chnging the angle of the glass to achieve the nd effect, so maximum is always at 90 degrees... and you get the x... it's better to buy non variable ones and combine one after another

[brucesmith]

ND filter will be versatile for most users. Breaking sync speed is interesting, but not all users may have the right camera or flash combination to pull it off. Besides slowing flash shutter sync speed, ND filters are great for long-exposure photography.

[navastaj]

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[agusheryanto]

Great job andrew... I am usually used ND filter to making portrait shooted when my camera is nikon d3500 (entry level) but I gotten good photo even in a brightday with larger aperture... Nice video.. Thanks

[micknificent]

For the result use a goods quality 4 or 6 stop ND filter instead of a variable ND filter. A variable ND filter usually has color fringing and chromatic aberrations problems which can be seen in your example.

[haiderhusain]

hi Andrew and team... nice clincal presentation showing all sign and symptoms of both techniques... you always come with thoughts provoking ideas.. ..that's i like about you.. ND filters are better option to work with... what is your opinion.. stay blessed ❤❤❤

[JayJanePhotography]

If you can buy a quality ND filter or 2 flashes, you can probably buy a flash trigger and a flash with HSS. The price gap isn't that huge, especially for Godox.

[skymakai]

Great tutorial! But, why is the video talked about in this video not linked in the description?

[HantuBorneo]

ND filter make the photo got some effeck that i love abg andrew. . .😘

[JayJanePhotography]

We're reviewing a bag from K&F Concept soon. Didn't know they've got ND filters too. Yikes!

[michaellin]

The sharpness of ND method is definitely more loose. It only help you save the battery power of flash.

[thehumanityoflife]

At 05:02, why did you pick a shutter speed of 1/4000, when 'breaking sync'? At 08:50, how did you come to the conclusion of setting the remote flash on 1/8 power, when using ND filter on your camera lens.?

[kibbsnowden]

On my monitor the break sync was the better photo...;) IT is set at 2560x1080...