Wild Winter Fashion: A Strobist Tutorial

Another Behind the Scenes Strobist Video dealing with a fashion concept and dogs. We go behind the scenes with professional concept photographer and cinematographer, Ben Sant of BTS Photography. We'll go over 3 setups for 3 shots including lighting and camera settings.

see more of my work at http://www.BTSphotography.com

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[TheManto1980]

hey. very nice tut.

when you shoot a photo do you use the camera horizontal or vertical ?

[bigbs4]

@TheManto1980 It all depends on what I am shooting, and what size and orientation the client and final product requires. A lot of this comes down to your own artistic vision. However, I can give the following advice:

Shoot as close to the final composition and crop as possible. Making massive crops and cutting out large amounts of dead or negative space is only throwing away pixels.

Have a "pre-visualization" of what the final composition is going to be. Account for other ratios such as 4x5

[YIMMA996TT]

I'm sorry but it seems like the flash wasn't really needed for your results. The photos looked very natural. Is that what you were going for? Not the underexposed background look? Not sure what it's called. Also, is it true the cybersyncs won't sync past 160?

[bigbs4]

@YIMMA996TT Yes, I wanted a "natural look" that appeared as if the artificial light I introduced wasn't there. We call these "Light Ratios". We can balance our strobes/flashes to a lower ratio so it is close to the ambient exposure or we can have a high ration of say 4 or even 6:1 that will underexpose the BG and make the model pop more. A good photographer or DP can introduce artificial light and expose so everything appears natural.

[cofino78]

What model stand/boom are you using in this shoot? I like...

[bigbs4]

@cofino78 Manfrotto 420B Convert Boom Stand. Make sure to get the one with the included Sand Bag. 

[ShlongKong69]

Thanks for this great totorial... its just been snowing were i live in england and i am shooting a model today! this has realy helped me thanks bob!

[daveknowshow]

I really liked the snow and dogs introduced to enhance this lovely model. her dress, make up and over all look accented the scene very well. I may try a similar shoot and see what I can get. thanks for sharing!

[bigbs4]

@cofino78 Manfrotto 420B Covert Boom Stand. Make sure to get the one with the included Sand Bag.

[Inya1984]

Wow nice video and pics =) seems so easy to get such great pictures...and it's really cool that the video also includes the exif data, that helps me a lot - thank you!