Using High Speed Sync at High Noon
Jul 7, 2019 09:56:06 #
A friend of mine wanted me to take pictures at his family reunion. I reminded him I am not a pro photographer and have never taken pictures that were that important to anyone. He still asked me to do take them for him and his family. I said I would try and last Friday I did the photo shoot with my wife assisting me. There were 24 people in his family, some coming as far away as California and this might not happen for another 5 years.
He wanted the pictures taken outside at his son's house. As I looked around there was no shade at all outside and the sun was bright and overhead. I decided to try High Speed Sync flash on the shots to keep from blowing out the background and sky. I used a 36" parabolic soft box with a 600 Flashpoint strobe. I first tried it with a defuser but couldn't get enough light output to do the job. Removed all the defuser material and just had the silver lining.
This picture was taken with these settings...
1/1000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 80
Using a Nikon D850 with a 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens
Flash was set at full power.
Shiny skin was the results of the hot sun. It was about 95 degrees at the time and a lot of perspiration.
This is just one of the 80+ pictures I took that day. This was only the second time I used High Speed Sync flash and ended up quite pleased with the results. Showed my edited pictures to the family yesterday and they were very pleased with the results. Several times individuals came and offered to pay me. I never asked for money, nor did it take any they are wonderful friends but their offer did make me feel very proud of what was accomplished.
This post was primarily done to show the results of using High Speed sync flash.
He wanted the pictures taken outside at his son's house. As I looked around there was no shade at all outside and the sun was bright and overhead. I decided to try High Speed Sync flash on the shots to keep from blowing out the background and sky. I used a 36" parabolic soft box with a 600 Flashpoint strobe. I first tried it with a defuser but couldn't get enough light output to do the job. Removed all the defuser material and just had the silver lining.
This picture was taken with these settings...
1/1000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 80
Using a Nikon D850 with a 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens
Flash was set at full power.
Shiny skin was the results of the hot sun. It was about 95 degrees at the time and a lot of perspiration.
This is just one of the 80+ pictures I took that day. This was only the second time I used High Speed Sync flash and ended up quite pleased with the results. Showed my edited pictures to the family yesterday and they were very pleased with the results. Several times individuals came and offered to pay me. I never asked for money, nor did it take any they are wonderful friends but their offer did make me feel very proud of what was accomplished.
This post was primarily done to show the results of using High Speed sync flash.
Jul 7, 2019 10:21:34 #
.Jul 7, 2019 12:31:01 #
Good work! I hope they understood and appreciate the thought and work that went into this result.
Jul 7, 2019 14:06:18 #
Jul 7, 2019 14:12:51 #
UTMike wrote:
Good work! I hope they understood and appreciate the thought and work that went into this result.
Thank you Mike and yes they did appreciate the work and effort. One of the ladies at the reunion is a local graphic designer. She loved the shots and was one of the people that wanted to pay me. She also asked if I would do her family portraits for Christmas this year. To me that showed her sincerity in her remarks for the pictures.
Jul 7, 2019 14:38:11 #
Jul 8, 2019 07:01:54 #
Jul 8, 2019 07:04:59 #
At times UHH posts open the doors to learning about Off-the-beaten-path parts of photography. Jim your stimulus of Hight Speed Flash is one of those: Thanks.
Your set up worked out well: 1/1000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 80 using high-speed sync. Highspeed-sync.. took me a moment to remember that DSLRs are primitive cameras! My small SuperZoom syncs beyond the typical DSLR top speed of 1/180. I often use speed to suppress background when photographing flowers. At high speeds, the contribution of the sunlight is diminished and the flashed subject [near to camera flash] is well exposed. Superzooms like the Sony RX100: " Fill-flash from the tiny built-in flash, with a 1/800 sync speed,"
https://kenrockwell.com/sony/rx100-mk-iv.htm
Jim, youi did solve the problem with your technique... For portraits interesting article:
https://digital-photography-school.com/portraits-using-flash-high-speed-sync/
When I purchased a HS flash, the reading about the physics of the camera/flash interaction was most interesting.
The subject of very HS is discussed here:
https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/Samples:_High-Speed_Shutter_%26_Flash-Sync
Your set up worked out well: 1/1000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 80 using high-speed sync. Highspeed-sync.. took me a moment to remember that DSLRs are primitive cameras! My small SuperZoom syncs beyond the typical DSLR top speed of 1/180. I often use speed to suppress background when photographing flowers. At high speeds, the contribution of the sunlight is diminished and the flashed subject [near to camera flash] is well exposed. Superzooms like the Sony RX100: " Fill-flash from the tiny built-in flash, with a 1/800 sync speed,"
https://kenrockwell.com/sony/rx100-mk-iv.htm
Jim, youi did solve the problem with your technique... For portraits interesting article:
https://digital-photography-school.com/portraits-using-flash-high-speed-sync/
When I purchased a HS flash, the reading about the physics of the camera/flash interaction was most interesting.
The subject of very HS is discussed here:
https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/Samples:_High-Speed_Shutter_%26_Flash-Sync
Jul 8, 2019 08:26:44 #
Being able to think on the hoof (rather than panic) is extremely useful - well done Jim, I can see why they were pleased with your results.
Jul 8, 2019 09:27:17 #
Jul 8, 2019 10:08:45 #
Thanks Matt, Bill and dpullum. Appreciate you taking time to leave a message.
Jul 8, 2019 10:12:34 #
magnetoman wrote:
Being able to think on the hoof (rather than panic) is extremely useful - well done Jim, I can see why they were pleased with your results.
Thanks so much. This was my second time trying this process. First time, last year, WAS on the fly with bad results. I will be using this process again but now with more confidence. Trial and error is a learning curve.
Jul 8, 2019 10:15:11 #
RWCRNC wrote:
It looked out of focus til I tried the DL. Well done
Thanks Rebecca. On just about everyone's posts the download page shows much better and sharper.
Jul 8, 2019 18:29:33 #
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