Flash photography tip (Shutterspeed)

[Turnback]

Greetings from North Carolina. Just wanted to say I've watched 3 of your vids so far and each of them has been clear, easy to follow, and very informative. Unlike many others out there I've painfully sat through. Thanks for your hard work!

[MrFishdale]

just wondering about the meter. it should be always meter @ the center before you take the photo? or doesnt matter? i mean depend on exposure? thanks!

[juliogonzalochang]

Hi. I am wondering why my built in flash limits my shutterspeed to 1/200 and not faster than that. Is it the settings or is my camera to cheap (Canon 550D). Im trying to trigger my 430 EX bu using the pop up flash. This makes the background too bright as I am trying to take low key photos.

Thanks

[stecartmel]

hi dom, do you ever use a light meter like a sekonic or others, something tells me you dont.

[ThePhotographybysimo]

Thanks Dom I've seen this dozen times now I'm starting to build up my kit I'm back watching the old ones again thanks bro

[anybizfinder]

32th?! Nice! Haha.

[edgarbarradaskate]

he's talking about the FLASH exposure not the AMBIENT exposure... the flash exposure will remain the same regardless of your shutter speed

[davefk]

The shutter speed does matter in the sense that a really low shutter speed will allow for more ambient light from the room as demonstrated.

[Dombowerphoto]

@davefk yes but that doesnt affect the flash. 

[Dombowerphoto]

@davefk listen to the bit at 4.25minutes

[SwitchRich]

@davefk

Absolutely, and the slower the shutter speed the greater the affect which ambient light will have on the final image. For example, at half a second you're likely to see motion blur when taking a photo of a non-stationary object. I understand what he's saying - reducing the shutter speed does not affect the portion of the image which is exposed by the flash, but still, the implications of having a slow shutter speed must be considered when photographing objects which may move.

[hamishsb]

good video Dom - I know a good house cleaner who can help you :-)

[sondos006]

thanks dom .. nice video :)

from my personal experience .. the shutterspeed has a huge effect when using a nikon speedlight .. BUT that works when you are shutting portraits at NIGHT. i mean if you want to make balance between the lighting of the object and the background street lighting for example

dunno how to explain .. but i'm going to send you one of my shots using the advantage of controllable flash lighting for night time portraits ..

check your messages

Yazeed

[Dombowerphoto]

@sondos006 but it doesnt affect the flash power, as it states in the description

[sondos006]

@Dombowerphoto i agree

thanks dom .. looking forward to see more videos of this kind ..

love your informations .. keep it up

yazeed

[Dombowerphoto]

@sondos006 listen to the bit at 4.25minutes

[sondos006]

@Dombowerphoto great .. i totally agree with you dom .. thanks for your time

yazeed

[STEPPHAN7]

Great VID again mr ONE THIRTY-TOOTH... HEY TOOTH FAIRIES LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY + Dom Bower :-))) But hey, don't sweat it, you're the tooth fairy and jaredpolin's lenses smell like 'papa smurf' lmao!! U guys are the best!!!

[nate42nd]

Dom, I think the shutter speed does matter in some cases. The ambient light will give depth and the feeling of "3D" in some cases. I'm no expert but I have to disagree that the shutter speed doesn't matter. In some cases it will make the photo far better to adjust shutter speed. Good vid as always. Hope we can still be friends even though I disagree. haha

[gilegraam]

@nate42nd well of course, working with multiple light sources is different, but he was saying for a single flash (or multiple for that matter) shutter speed does not affect it's power.

[handsomelok]

@nate42nd I think we really need to keep it simple at this subject..

What dom is trying to say is "Whether shutter speed affact the FLASH POWER".

Flash power ONLY, I understand what you are trying to say about the ambient light .. and understand why you say it does matter.

shutter speed in flash photography is a complex subject so Dom , hopefully, will come up other video explaining how shutter speed can affact in flash photography (affact the backgound of a photos etc...)

[Dombowerphoto]

@handsomelok will do, especially regarding night time portraits and club photography

[NWoodward90]

:) 3-tooth

[00gusman00]

32th of a second FTW!

[RichardFarrell1973]

Great video Dom...so aperture controls exposure for flash photography...does the ISO setting have a similar effect?

[gilegraam]

@RichardFarrell1973 and don't forget the distance from the flash :) inverse square law.

[Dombowerphoto]

@gilegraam distance from the flash does not affect flash power only the amount of flash that is reflected

[gilegraam]

@Dombowerphoto yes, of course, bad choice of words :D

[Dombowerphoto]

@RichardFarrell1973 kindof but it also increases the whole exposure, so not that great. will detail that in the next video

[aerosoladdiction]

what camera?

[TheGuyTakingPictures]

@aerosoladdiction fuji s5 pro

[gooogies]

First the worst, second the best. Good video!

[SilentKiller805]

FIRST ZOMG!!!!!!