Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 56: Shooting with the Nifty 50: Adorama Photography TV

[toshiroo]

just a question, in this condition ( sun just behind the subject) the exposure is done on the background or the subject ? using a flash i guess we measure the light behind the subject right ?

[Lilreeces10]

Love the videos but the EXIF data from your pics in your Flickr set say that they were shot w the 50mm F1.4 and I thought that ppl were referring to the Canon EF 50mm 1.8 II when they said Nifty 50 or Plastic Fantastic

[TheTechnoland]

I like how you just roll away the reflector

[ScrubbleShuckleX]

canon with a nikon strap? :)

[1rhett1]

Images are absolutely terrible...... flash blew out her face!

[Himanshucisco1]

according to me the Best pic 5:51 and 6:01

[devonmale69]

Reflector has constants' amount of light ??? You forget about the Inverse square law Move it back and reduce it Easy.... but you get better shots with a 85mm for DOF control like this. I love my 70-200mm IS f/2.8 for this reason.

OH all this about must have a 50mm lens as it matches your eyes view This is OK for Full frame sensor BUT crop you need something like 30mm

[MrTaemobig]

50mm 1.4

[MrTanker10a]

Cool! To think that I have the same set up: Nikon D300, Nikon 50-mm lens, Speedlight SB-800 and soon to have the SB-700.

It does not take a lot of equipment to do great work once you focus on the fundamentals...Thanks Mark.

[MrFernuti]

I think Mark is using the Canon 50mm f1.2 lense

[james07jamesjames]

@MrFernuti He's using a 1.4 lens.

[iFloridaAllStar]

Nice

[oevt]

The back light perfect example id the light coming trough your ears...you need a fill flash to keep them to look natural...

[aluxious]

Nikon strap!! :)

[drunkblackout27]

could be better if he diffused the light on the flash. shots looked too amateur. maybe shoot off camera.

[rsramkis]

@justineatonphoto

Thank you. I am aware of the 1.6x difference between crop and full frame ratio. Using a 35mm lens does not really address the concern. I'm talking about tutorials which hit a bigger audience. Especially since many pro-sumers are using crop bodies and usually their first prime lens is a 50mm because of its competitive cost.

Maybe Adorama can address the concern of why they are not using prosumer cameras more often in videos which teach begins new skills?

[onlineahmeds]

@justineatonphoto i respect your opinion

[dnwphoto]

How are you shooting wide open at f1.4 but still have most of the model in focus?

[magful16]

Sorry Mark, far too bright for my liking.

[jkddaddy]

I wonder why the flash has the "crop sensor" icon on in the top right (the flash can detect if it's on a crop sensor body and adjust the flash zoom automatically). Can this be turned on manually?

[jkddaddy]

Mark mentioned that the light coming into the lens would kill the contrast, so I would point out that if you have some way (or someone) to cover the light hitting the lens, it will really help - notice the last picture in the set has more contrast (darker blacks). Mark also use ETTL for the flash (the automatic setting); this can be dialed down to better match the ambient light (full manual would be most control/consistency)

[alamcheril]

flash too bright

[CYNFELYN23]

Is it possible to use the on-camera flash?

Great shots mark. Very Dreamy!

[ny1fanta]

@CYNFELYN23 not sure if it will fire

[manji03]

skin tones are to hot on the face (too much flash)

[johnny48166]

Great tips, thanks Mark !

[nate42nd]

Nice video but when I have heard people refer to the "nifty 50" it's for the 1.8 version. Good video as usual. Wish I had camera people and the time to shoot these. Have a good day.

[rsramkis]

I often enjoy Marks interviews and discussions (thank you for that). As for recommended shooting with a crop body a 50mm lens acts like a 80mm lens. Therefore you will have to stand farther from the model to get the same framing and the way the flash lights the model will be more spread out. Also considering that the 50mm lens is what amateurs buy as their first prime to get better image quality it just seems several prosumer bodies would of been preferred. But that is just my opinion

[rsramkis]

Personally I often enjoy Marks interviews and discussions (thank you for that). As for recommended shooting with a crop body a 50mm lens acts like a 80mm lens. Therefore you will have to stand farther from the model to get the same framing and the way the flash lights the model will be more spread out. Also considering that the 50mm lens is what amateurs buy as their first prime to get better image quality it just seems several prosumer bodies would of been preferred. But that is just my opinion

[lenoat702]

too much flash

[hammerhead001]

Mark, All your videos are great! Thanks for taking the time to make them. I look forward to them every week.

[lakaygayyad]

it says on flickr that you shot it with d3s

[snapfactory]

@lakaygayyad We shot with a Nikon D7000, a Nikon D3s and a Canon 5DM2.

[miamitreo]

I thought the nifty fifty was the 1.8 version?????

[zygotepeyote]

Your ears are looking like Yoda when the light hits you from behind......may the force be with you Mark!!

[adoramaTV]

To see Mark's results with each of the different cameras, visit the AdoramaTV flickr page. The link is in the description!

[ramdawgy]

the lighting is so harsh with the flash? maybe go down -2/3rd of a stop?

[ajayonline]

Nikon strap on the 5D Mark II ? or did you switch cameras near the end?... lol Great Video as always!

[ramdawgy]

@ajayonline photographers that use both brands like the nikon for longer length and canon for shorter

[boilerjack]

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH for teaching me in a very quick & simple way how to set my speed light @ a shutter speed faster than just 1/250 OMG Thank YOU! I love your tutorials, very insightful, thorough and easy to follow.

[WiseGuy02]

Where's Sam?

[onlineahmeds]

over exposed :-)

[TroyDPhotography]

@onlineahmeds

I was thinking the same thing. Its all to taste I guess...

[rickjbradbury]

@onlineahmeds unlikely to be over exposed, the images wont look quite right in the video, also depends on the screen being used to view the images. Also a bare speedlite is a hard harsh light, Can see why people will think they are over exposed though.

[snapfactory]

@onlineahmeds Yes, I over exposed intentionally.

[onlineahmeds]

@snapfactory but you can make them looks better you can't called them great shots am sorry but they look very pale

anyway i enjoyed the Episode you always give us new stuff about photography i want to thank you for this and well done body :-)

[ny1fanta]

@onlineahmeds yeah, little over exposed =] perhaps 1/8000

[onlineahmeds]

@ny1fanta exactly ;-)



[heartdoc25]

Hey Mark did you get rid of red-eye in post or am I missing a diffuser of some sort? I use a 7D with the 430 ex II flash and the g fong dome diffuser and that does a great job. Although I haven't had a need for f1.4 yet so the f1.8 little cheapo lens is good enough for now. I will recommend the 70mm f2.8 Sigma macro EX DG for portrait (for the interested viewers). Very sharp and allows you to be not right in the model's face.

[gerald2003r]

I love you videos but she looks like she was over exposed to me.

[dgufflet]

Hi... How would it looked with a cropped body like the 7d for example?

[rsramkis]

I think this episode could of been a lot better if they went more main stream and used a crop body like the Canon EOS 50D or Nikon d90 and not a full frame. Also it would of been helpful to know how many stops of light the flash was putting out.

[FreeTheRocks]

@rsramkis Why? Whatever you see through the viewfinder of either a crop or FF body is what you get on the final image.

[theddygrumo]

@rsramkis it's hard to determine what stop the flash output is, because he is using TTL and not manual on the flash. it's easier to do it that way if you are on HSS.

[rickjbradbury]

@rsramkis I agree, they need to show more cosumer budget friendly products, the videos are great and very informative (thanks mark) but its seems to be all high end gear, which just fuels the .. must have the best camera to make great images crowd.

[snapfactory]

@rsramkis We shot with a Nikon D7000, a Nikon D3s and a Canon 5DM2. We added a link to the description so you can see each of these.

[HollandAmericalover]

Those subjects we're terribly over-exposed, or was supposed to be high-key?

[kauxkaux]

@HollandAmericalover That is the question he is answering... how to get that (overexposed, yes) look... :)

[HollandAmericalover]

@kauxkaux Well, I guess that's what he meant by "heavenly".

[kauxkaux]

@HollandAmericalover Yeap... overexposed+blown background = Heavenly photo :)

[GrendelPL]

@kauxkaux correct exposure is not the ony factor in photography quality judgement.

[rticknor]

using a 50mm at f1.4 at that distance, the in-focus area is very shallow. Do you have any hints for using manual focus and keeping the correct area in focus (if you take a deep breath, or the model moves 1 inch, you will miss focus)

[ClankyRochet]

Ha ha Canon camera with Nikon strap.

[lukmanchannel]

can you post the photo on flickr so that we can see them more clearly

[caetanosmc]

this should have been the episode 50

[Snakekilla12]

were you trying to give the subject over exposure look?