By Jay P. Morgan. In this Slanted Lens lighting tutorial we take a look at the basics of reflectors and how to use them on location. We shot Liz Hernandez from E-TV on location at the Ultimate Grave Yard and had a great shoot. From this shoot we are going to take a beginning look at reflectors, the different colors and practical application examples on how to use them. As a beginning photographer, using a reflector is an easy way to start to modify light and learn where to place the light source in relationship to your subject. Using reflectors and becoming good at placing them will teach you how to place strobes. Good light placement is the same for both strobes and reflectors but easier to see with a reflector than it is with strobes. The color examples used in this video are all based on Photoflex reflectors which can be seen at www.photoflex.com. Good luck and keep on click’n! Jay P. Morgan http www.tamron-usa.com www.glidecam.com www.henselusa.com http triplescoopmusic.com http
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You should really explain how you’re getting your camera exposure settings. Are you you using a hand held light meter? Spot metering from the camera? Or are you just eyeballing it and checking the histogram?
Sorry cameras but i have a boner after watching this ep !
That was great! I would push that “tomb up” button 100 times if i could 🙂
I LOVE THESE!! I feel like he is my new teacher. Awesome job, lots of talent.
I shot this tutorial and my next video Combining Strobes and Reflectors: A Lighting Tutorial in the same day. The pocket wizard was for the strobes in the second video.
Why are using pocket wizards if you are using reflectors?
You don’t? Can I help perhaps?
That’s right, we don’t understand the concept of a stand!
superb. Love this location
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!!
Very good video, learned a lot.
Wonderful. Thank you
JP you’re absolutely AWESOME. So is your channel man.
Awesome video, great work!
that was a very informative video!! Nicely done as always. I would really like to know the location of where the shoot took place in the desert!! Looks like an awesome place. Thanks
Max
Awesome tutorial! So well done. Thanks, and keep em coming!
Adorei. Muito Obrigado
FELIZ 2012.
Yes Jay, we love you! Warmest thanks from Austria for your concise, informative tutorials. I learn a lot from you and also wish you a fabulous 2012.
@RaccaTography Do you mix them with other light sources of different temperature? Also, maybe tweaking your whitebalance could help.
You should also take a look at different stands for reflectors. Many dont have assistants around to keep them up.
Thank you (again)! And best wishes for a great 2012! From Sweden 🙂
Lovely
Great info. Charles
we love you Jay!
Gold reflectors, at least the ones I use, tend to turn my subjects into walking oranges. 🙁
Speak faster! I am a new yorker, we don’t have time!
Not a good tutorial… not really seeing the difference, which IMHO is very slight in any case whenyou are using them this close… But I love the model… what a cutie!
This isn’t that simple u have more dependencies , soft box is flat surface and give u more even light, umbrella is focuses light in the middle . Also depends on the distance and size of the lights
Who cares..the chick was hot!
Chiaroscuro, not the grey zone
Lol, “you touch me, you die” says the model.
you took the works right out of my mouth.
wow, hearing this guy talk is painful. I want the last 4 minutes of my life back.
you can say that again…
At the end, he should have said: “choose wisely”…. :D
Excellent tutoriel, Merci :)
This is not a difference between an umbrella and a soft box; it is only a matter of size. That is, a smaller soft box will give you harsher shadows than a big umbrella.
Just sayin’…
what about a shoot through umbrella
Nice explanation. I thought they were nearly the same thing but now I see they can be different.
thankk jean… post more…
2nd Part Nothing against Joe McNally he seems to be a really nice guy but you idiots out there dont realize all the big wizbang wow factor is all because those guys are sponsored by Canon & Nikon and other Companies who are making a mint off you guys by having those guys promote there products. 400 dollars for a limited battery flash. There are suckers born every minute. Do you think the guys shooting Vogue fashion covers r using pocket flashes? LMAOF.
If you actually had been around long enough like me or like McNally you would not be so clueless that u dont even realize that all three of your fanboy idiots you idolize r making their actual photographic living at “Selling Products” to u & Doing Product Endorsements for flash Co. Also if you been around long enough like me you would also know McNally used Big Studio flashes most of the time in his career. So because Justin Timberlake Sells Music CD’s he is a great Singer? LMAOF
I guess Joe McNally, Syl Arena, David Hobby, and other veteran professional photographers have been doing it wrong all these years with small flashes. 😉
I been doing this for a living for 18 years not a weekend warrior. Most of what this guy says is very true. More important next is for him to explain “How to use a softbox” correctly as so many idiot Strobist fanboy morons use pocket flashes in a softbox when softboxes are designed to work properly only when you use a “Bare tube flash” not a directional tiny toy pocket flash.
“…when I do my lectures AROUND THE WORLD!” … Never seen you here 🙂
mmmmm….so for an old lady a soft box would me more apropriate?
The information is great but the background music is distracting/terrible.
3:57 Me gusta face.
Nice tutorial with the perfect teacher’s tempo to be properly understood – Well done…Is it possible to contact the model? I adore her !!!!