Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 100, ƒ/10, 1/100, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash & Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger
I am often hired to cover events. Of course, anyone with a camera could cover these events, but I make my photos look different every time.
I am using off-camera flash to improve the images in these photos. In this first photo, the sun is behind the lady on the left, hitting the man’s face. The sun behind them creates a silhouette, and I fixed this by having my assistant hold the flash on a monopod up high, pointing down at them.
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| Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 100, ƒ/7.1, 1/50, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash & Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger |
The flash is off to my right, pointing at the ladies on the left. You can see again that I would have created a silhouette of their faces without this flash. If I had used a flash on the camera, I would have flattened the features. However, by having the assistant hold the light up high, I still gave the ladies’ cheekbones some shape.
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| Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 640, ƒ/5.6, 1/200, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash & Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger |
Here, the assistant bounces the flash off the ceiling inside the room. I am just raising the light inside so that the outside is balanced and not washed out with no details.
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| Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 2000, ƒ/5.6, 1/40, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash on S2 [slave setting] with the Nikon SB900 and SB800 on PocketWizard TT5 triggered by the TT1 and AC3 to control their output. |
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| Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 1250, ƒ/5.6, 1/100, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash on S2 [slave setting] with the Nikon SB900 and SB800 on PocketWizard TT5 triggered by the TT1 and AC3 to control their output. |
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| Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 800, ƒ/5.6, 1/100, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash on S2 [slave setting] with the Nikon SB900 and SB800 on PocketWizard TT5 triggered by the TT1 and AC3 to control their output. |
The room has three flashes, all syncing with the camera. I have the Nikon SB-900 and Nikon SB-800 working on TTL and triggered by the PocketWizard system. The Neewer TT850 has a 2nd flash setting to work with TTL flashes. The light in the room was so mixed with different color temperatures that I wanted to clean this up with the flash.
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| Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 10000, ƒ/7.1, 1/100, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash & Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger |
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| Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 640, ƒ/2.8, 1/25, off-camera flash using the Neewer TT850 flash & Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger |
The camera was on Aperture priority for all these photos, and I was winking the flash slightly brighter than the ambient light. The same light value or + 1/2 stop is often more effective in cleaning up the color and giving the images a little pop.
I know that if anyone were shooting with an iPhone or point-and-shoot camera, they would not get this quality of images. They are different. Having your photos look better than a smartphone camera is very important if you want to work. Why would they hire you if my pictures didn’t look like what they can make with their cameras?