Strobist on Talking Tech | Part 2 | How we did the photo

[ucheucheuche]

His name is David Hobby... David HOBBY.

Un-frickin-believable.

Love it!

[athfrulz1]

Thank you DAVID! I can't wait to go out and start a blog and call myself a professional photographer now and charge half the going rate because I'm so stupid. Meanwhile I can giggle at the established professionals as they go out of business and... yeah now I'm bored. I think I'll start shooting VIDEO! woohoo! It's open mic night forever and ever and ever.

[OtakuDepot]

David Hobby is such a fantastic guy and is bringing so much attention and fun to the idea of improving your off-camera lighting. Even in this clip he directs people to his free information on his website to learn more. He doesn't even mentioning he has a fantastic DVD collection that goes into exhaustive detail to learn so much more.

And regardless of what the idiot "tiffcooper" says below - "Strobist" is a fantastic website and a great name.

[tiffcooper]

David Hobby is a total asshole, trust me. Also he is attempting to rename flash photography by calling it "Strobist" which he trademarked. Sorry David I'll just call it Strobism which is what it is actually called.

[PaulFarace]

@tiffcooper

Mr. Hobby has provided thousands of beginning photogs with a clear, creative approach for improving their flash photography... you have tossed a handful of mud. I am sure any adult can see who has the upper hand here. Wipe off the mud on YOUR face and don't post until you grow up. Mr. Hobby can trademark any term... he is the head of the movement and prehaps he can earn a few bucks to help maintain his teaching effort.

[CanonGangster]

0:25 david hobby is watching 2 girls 1 cup

[stewiek]

manual flash ftw! oh btw im a sony minolta user ;) probably the best flash unit on the market hvl-f58am..but hey brands dont matter! it's the head that matters! thanks for the video!

[oceandrew]

I'm glad I'm not the only noob confused about the Canon flash triggering the SB800s. So what you guys are saying is that Canon's radio channels are the same frequency Nikon uses? Or is it optical triggering?

[simonsenphoto]

Hi, the SB-800s were triggered by the built-in photocell. There is a special mode called "SU4" you can put the camera in to activate the photocell. But with SU4 you have to use the manual mode to use the powerlevel.

Hope that helped a little bit to minimize the confusion. I'm just sitting on a new video of a shooting, where we mixed canon and nikons well... ;-)

[oceandrew]

Thank you.... I'm a Canon shooter with a 430EX speedlight in a Nikon Strobist world so it's hard to figure out what I can do that others are talking and blogging about. :-)

[simonsenphoto]

You're welcome! :-) Just remember: It's no matter what brand you use - flashlight and ambient light physics are all the same! I was a Canon shooter for many years and then switched to Nikon in 2008. Maybe my videos are helpful to you too... ;-) Cheers from Germany!

[danieltyack]

Nice working example, thanks!

[aliotb]

wow ... really amazing

[Kojach]

My God please adjust your audio settings (balance and volume) before uploading the next video!

[danieltyack]

Yeah that music just came out of nowhere :)

[bytesknight]

He is a great teacher! Thank you so much David!

[puchovideo]

Why do you use Nikon speedlight with Canon body? If you just use manual flash, you could use any flash like vivitar or other cheaper brand.

[PipNYC]

... that's cuz David Hobby is loaded & can afford to use any flash he pleases :)

[GimliG35]

Mainly because with Nikon speedlights, you can control multiple flashes' with a single hot-shoe mounted one. Cheaper in the end compared to a pocketwizard system.

[mixmaxdix]

if you look carefull it´s a canon flash that he is using on the top of the camera

[RoryBaker45]

Wow, this was soooo helpful, thanks a million.

Yeah canon, nikon what a mix?

[dR00Ck]

he uses Nikon, but prob set up the shot using some one else's camera since he was in the pic

[ChadwickSesame]

Man, Dave rocks.

[jagalskaripod]

canon with nikon flash, damn thats confusing

[l33thustla]

how does it work, Canon speedlite controlling Nikon?

[jagalskaripod]

you can controll it manually, so you have to do all the job figuring out how much power you`ll need. If it runs automatic the flash doest pretty much all the job for you. Think of it as a auto focus

[pedraopy]

Nice! Now, how do you trigger remote flash?

[l33thustla]

do you see that he has flash on his camera? yeah that's the remote...

set channel and set master to it... and same channel on other flashes and slave.

there's are also transmitter

[roger767]

is he using a canon camera with nikon flashes?

[mikitoo]

Nikon flash are known to be better flashes

[tommytucker8157]

yeah but how i didnt think they were cross compatible???

[peppacornrows]

they are!

you can even use them on-camera, not even wirelessly, but you just need to be a little careful so you don't damage the flash due to voltage discrepancies.

[key2highway]

Very Cool!

Damian Gadal

[greentofu101]

nice vid