Strobist Photography: Part 5 - creative self portrait indoors

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Part 5 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 make creative self portraits indoors, in tight spaces. He also shows prefocussing tips and how to creatively use inanimate objects to filter your flashes.

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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[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.

[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.

[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

[raveemzafar]

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

[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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[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?

[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.