Female Location Portrait with Off-Camera Flash for Beginners

Learn to expertly use a single off-camera flash for stunning outdoor portraits. Suitable for beginners, this course covers strobe positioning and camera settings.

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Brief Summary

This course is all about using a single strobe light for outdoor photography. You’ll learn how to set up your gear and manage lighting conditions to create stunning portraits, even if you’re just starting out. It’s a super fun, hands-on crash course for beginners and intermediates alike!

Key Points

  • Learn to position strobe light in various outdoor conditions
  • Understand how to set up camera with off-camera flash
  • Work with a female model using backlight techniques
  • Explore creative uses of sunlight and shadows
  • Focus on producing dramatic images straight out of camera

Learning Outcomes

  • Be able to manage a single light for captivating portraits
  • Know how to utilize a strobe light outdoors effectively
  • Set up your camera in manual mode for flash photography
  • Create dramatic images without heavy editing
  • Use available light creatively for better scene composition

About This Course

You will learn how to position strobe, manage subject using only one artificial light in every available light condition

This is a course about external off camera flash light on location using strobist tecnique. Starting from presenting the gear, camera, trigger, flash and lenses, to properly connect by hotshoe mount and setup them. On a real set in outdoor place I will show how to position light stand, set correct aperture, iso and shutter value. Subject of my image will be a not professional female model, so I'll teach how to manage her choosing right position against backlight of the sun. Use flare and sunray as a creative prop in the scene by underexpose sunlight and correct exposure on the model. Is a crash coursse for beginner, in a single session you could be ready to start shooting by yourself. Onelight method permit you to have fun immediately at firs try because you pay attention only to single illumination element. Many photographer like to obtain a great drama image straight out of camera before post produce the picture, this course is about improve sharpness contrast and make dramatic scene in every condition of natural or available light, expecially on location but you could manage this tecnique also at your home, in a sunny or cloudy day, without modifier the strobe you see in this video make a great strong shadows. This course is open for beginner and intermediate photographer, it helps amateurs and professional photographers who wants to obtain fast good portrait of friends, wife, children and then apply the light scheme also on still life images.

  • Be able to manage a single light in a location portraiture set

  • Be able to know what do a single strobe light in exterior

  • Be able to set up Camera in manual mode to shoot with off camera flash

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Mauro Prelli

Mauro Prelli aka "el Maui" is an Italian Professional Photographer involved in different kind of photographic and teaching fields.Advertising Portraiture : specialized in location portraiture with massive use of the artificial light, boudoir and promotional assignment his strong response. Some of his works are published on important magazines like Vogue Italia.Google Street View Trusted Photographer. : he works on Italian...

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Stefano M.
3.5
9 years ago

Tutto spiegato con attenzione e chiarezza. Suggerimenti e consigli non sono mai troppi...

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Sanshou A. K.
5.0
9 years ago

very nice work ... i hope for you nice time all live .

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Fabrizio Z.
5.0
9 years ago

All the instructions are given out calmly and without any rush. Setup is simple and gave me an idea.
The instructor answered my questions immediately.
I just wished the course was longer :)

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Jurgen H.
5.0
9 years ago

GREAT shortcuts and tips on lighting a model. EXCELLENT tips for producing more professional results when photographing a model.

This course is great for the novice photographer who wants to create epic photographs...

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Sara S.
5.0
9 years ago

I think you've opened a new way for me and that was what I'm searching for, great results right at the shot. Post production bonus seem advanced to me but not so complicated, sure I will try. Highly reccomended to beginners to this practice!

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Mario M.
5.0
9 years ago

Content explained in a simple and comprehensive. Everything is very clear and reflects the expectations of the course.
Highly recommended

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