Strobist Photography: Part 5 - creative self portrait indoors

[QuarterCrawl]

Thanx samkaye. And?

[raveemzafar]

what kind of soft box do u use for the flashes what brand where can u buy then

[QuarterCrawl]

Matt, I have a problem in this area indoors. At 11:55 please explain what would you use to get that pinch? where looking for. Thanx matt........P.S I hope im explaing this correctly:(

[thatnikonguy]

@QuarterCrawl Sorry - I do not understand.

[samkaye23]

@QuarterCrawl he said "pin sharp' not 'pinch'

[CAJUNNSC]

It's great that you let your viewers see that it's not always easy or predictable. As you should you learn only by trial and era. Let me mention to the newbees out there. Your flash will often over rule your ambient light so, don't worry to much about it if the room isn't black.You can make it look black even if every light is on in the room. Thanks Matt!

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[theraginggiblets]

Dear Matt, I love your videos but I would like to understand more of why things are set up in a certain way than how. Like the relationship between F-Stops, flash power and shutter speed. The way these videos are set up, I can only recreate the shot using the settings that you provide. I'd like to have the theoretical knowledge so that I don't have to guess when I'm setting up my flash.

[thatnikonguy]

@theraginggiblets good point. I think if you watch through the videos, you will get this information. Otherwise, I am planning some more detailed videos soon.

[ilDazzer]

@theraginggiblets

Best way to learn is change settings and look at the image to see what's changed. it's more creative and entertainment too :)

[NGC1433]

Nice tips! Pretty interesting video. I cant get one thing - why bother with PW and optical slaves if you can get BAGS of YN syncros for the money and just concentrate on subject? If it would be about "quality of life" thing, having premium gear, why not have PW per flash and stop wasting time with "will it find a sensor" game? Cant afford them? Than why spend money on system you can not complete?

[titecheex]

@thatnikonguy Okay, penny drops - gobo=go=between/flag; got it. Already contributing to thatnikonguy flickr group; i am the numpty in the dazzling wooly hat by the way (different user name), he, he :-)

[thatnikonguy]

@titecheex cool

[titecheex]

Another great video Matt. Baby steps still with the whole strobist thing and with a single flash at the moment. Whilst learning i am 'the model' more often than not and some more useful tips for nailing acurate, crisp focus would be appreciated, or is it worth posting as a discussion topic on the 'thatnikonguy' flickr page? Cheers once again.Also you mentioned gobo's in the video; what's dat den?

[thatnikonguy]

@titecheex Cheers, hope you will share some of your attempts on the facebook and flickr pages.

A gobo stops light going somewhere. You may want it to go left, but not right, so stick a piece of paper or something to block the light going one way.

[zuantuba]

you are the MAN

[thatnikonguy]

@zuantuba thanks!

[Darw1n1st]

best videos are the ones just playing around and showing us where the failures are. that's why i love this video. as a photographer, i know a lot goes wrong usually and we need to come up with solutions to those problems and for that reason, i think this video is top notch! thanks for sharing. thumbs up and fav!

[thatnikonguy]

@Darw1n1st cheers - you are really going to like my next one then :)

[AhmedmHosni]

i like the way you teach really and its very helpfull :) but just one thing in your intro :)

photography= in arabic فوتوغرافى

:) thanks again

[thatnikonguy]

@AhmedmHosni Thank you - I have it wrong?

[AhmedmHosni]

@thatnikonguy

yes :) and really thats for your videos im always watch it :)

[thatnikonguy]

@AhmedmHosni Thank you - that and the jewish one are wrong. If I can, when I next update the titles I will fix/replace/remove. I appreciate you letting me know - I relied on google translate for those!

[AhmedmHosni]

@thatnikonguy if you dont mind you can give me your mail i can send it to you as PNG ;) so you can put it without any problems :)

[thatnikonguy]

@AhmedmHosni thank you! I had that pointed out, and I had to remove it, as my new system can't write arabic - so better out, than wrong!

[AlexArnoldfotografie]

awesome videos

[thatnikonguy]

@AlexArnoldfotografie thanks. Hope to see you on the facebook and flickr pages soon.

[ThePhotographybysimo]

great videos man great tips love the work

[thatnikonguy]

@ThePhotographybysimo my pleasure

[nizki121]

thanks!

[thatnikonguy]

@nizki121 my pleasure

[garmmera]

Your explanation is a really easy to follow, understandable and inspiring.

[thatnikonguy]

@garmmera that is great to hear - thank you.

[bwinn10]

@thatnikonguy lol or it could be a nice horror movie shot i really like it. and i had no problem with the vid i really throught it was good my fav out out of the last 6 well done well the out door one was pretty awsome to

[omarcain]

I really like this series of tutorials. You do a good job of explaining and demonstrating. I especially like the comparisons you do and showing us how the final image changes if you tweak a certain factor. Looking forward to more Matt.

[thatnikonguy]

@omarcain Glad u like them. Number 6 is up now, more to come.

[bwinn10]

nice pics the first one reminds me of a man waiting for his dealer lol.

[thatnikonguy]

@bwinn10 Haha... yeah I see that.

Sorry about the quality of the video in first shots - looks like I have no eyes!