"Sportraits": How to Use Off-Camera Flash for Sport Portraits
03/14/2023Join Jaison Sterling, owner of Rock Town Media, as he dives into the basic concepts of action portraits using off-camera lighting. Sterling goes over the gear needed to create dynamic sports portraits.
- 0:00 - Introduction
- 1:16 - Sterling's Background
- 6:08 - Sterling's Lighting Setup
- 14:56 - Editing
- 15:21 – One-on-One Mentoring
- 16:30 - Setting the Power of the Flash and Using the Flash Outdoors
- 20:02 - Getting Started with Off-Camera Flash
- 21:46 – Sky Exposure and Deciding Which Lights and Modifiers to Use
- 24:46 - Pricing, Location, Posing, and the Photo Shoot Process
- 36:36 - Building a Portfolio
- 37:52 - Final Thoughts
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sorry... what i mean is a 70-Degree Wide Reflector with Honeycomb Grids, or 45deg (not softboxes or umbrellas)
Hey Don, thanks for your question.
Jaison mentions which boxes he's using at the following time stamp: https://youtu.be/qJY3_3oTrPE?t=391.
B&H offers sells the following modifiers:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1666021-REG/westcott_2547_beauty_dish_switch_36.html?sts=pi
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1297213-REG/westcott_5636_apollo_53_deep_umbrella.html
Hope that helps!
what are the light modifers you're using on the fj400's? 70deg?