In this episode Mark shows you how to use your Sekonic light meter to balance flash and ambient light.
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great video. thanks for putting it together.
Very well explained – thank you.
I actually prefer the 20% balance – any higher and the ambient light (which is beautiful) takes the backseat too much.
This helps tremendously! Thank you for your tutorials – they are the best!
Good to see you’re posting videos again!
Always great videos…
-Rome
great videos, but why is it that in most of your videos when you fire a flash, you don’t usually see it on the video?
This is a problem with the shutter speed of the video camera. Usually the flash fires between frames so it doesn’t show up in the video. But the flash is actually firing.
ok I thought it might be something like that.
Thanks for a great video! However…
Shutter speed doesn’t affect amount of light from the flash because flash happens very rapidly. The only way to affect flash exposure is by changing the aperture. When you were slowing down the shutter, the light meter was reducing your aperture, which resulted in more ambient and less flash.
So the end result is exactly as described, only difference is that technically flash exposure was affected by smaller aperture
Please correct me if i’m wrong.
great you guys are posting vids again. You guys give such useful information. Can’t wait for the next set please if possible try to post some new stuff soon. Your vids are excellent training tools
Thanks
Desmond
love your videos. it’s hard to find lessons in english out here in japan. you’re a lifesaver!
great tips…
now I have to spend more money haha thanks.
…I absolutely love your video lessons, but what’s happen with “I like f/6.3″ original statement? Where did it go and why??
Haha.. whoa… Caroline! I’ve shot Caroline before. She is very nice. She lives in Arizona but makes the occassional trip to L.A. which is where I shot with her.
great set of videos. Much obliged