Strobist Photography: Part 7 - 1 light portrait - triggered by pop-up flash

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Part 7 of a series to teach you everything you need to know to master strobist photography techniques.

That Nikon Guy (Matt Granger) today shows you how to use your DSLRs pop up flash to trigger a single flash, for an interesting strobist portrait.

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Assumed knowledge:
Manual exposure intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjpOazeHvRs

Example strobist images: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=233YApEA7jw

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[Hashbrown37]

Thanks, Matt. Some interesting ideas to start making use of my new flash.

[thatnikonguy]

@Hashbrown37 cheers, if you are in australia - you may want to check out one of our strobist courses.

[MrJleehuddleston]

thanks for all your work. i love following your videos..you've taught me a lot about some advanced photography (at least advanced for me)

[thatnikonguy]

@MrJleehuddleston great stuff. I am going to run some strobist workshops soon if you are interested to learn more in a fun group environment.

[7617011]

Patent pending...LMAO!!!

[seagullface]

Great series Matt,would it be possible to use some of these techniques in macro photography

if so a workshop tutorial would be nice if you had the time.

PS I am a Sony shooter and have no flashguns not sure if the Sony guns would work in the same way as

your Nikon guns?

Thanks again 4 a interesting set of videos

[russellniels]

3:08 adjusting the built in flash power- how do you do that and is there a general rule of thumb of how much power is needed for how far the subject is...thanks Matt

[thatnikonguy]

@StevenScholten yes of course I use it a lot, but if you are talking about shadows on a models face - the histogram is little use - it measures the whole scene (unless it is a close up of just the face!)

[StevenScholten]

@thatnikonguy Ha Matt. Thanks for your reply. I do feel I'm getting the essentials down. I was confused and thought the ambient light had no effect on the subject, but clearly I misunderstood. It does have an effect on the shadow side.

I would appreciate it a lot to get more indepth info on how to judge "correct exposure" Maybe it's in your videos somewhere? Do you use your histogram?

[thatnikonguy]

@StevenScholten to work on contrast, adjust the position of the light, and yes play with the balance of the main light, the ambient light, and any fill light.