Always giving praise to people who are daring to model. Give praise and a thump up for the woman model and I think she looks fantastic with or without the photography gadgets.

video from 2011 - so useful in 2023

Best teacher ever.......very, very easy to understand. A devoted fan of Mark Wallace

Always the best tutes online. Easy to understand and straight to the point. thanks!

Mark, Your tone of voice was really great in this video, more conversational, not so much like a news broadcaster. Engaging. Sounds like you're talking to your audience the way people really talk. On another note, all of your videos rock and I appreciate them so much.

SUPER DOOPER VIDEO. God bless you and thank you sooooooo much for this vital video for us HOME PHOTOGRAPHER BEGINNERS.

I find these videos to be so practical and professionally produced. Great job.

Excellent work, easy to understand, easy to flow ,not get to much technical ,the art of teaching is make the difficult subject easy to understand Wallace has this ability

For nikon shutters: if you have a D70, D80, D90, D200, D300, D300s, D7000 (The one used in this video) You dont need the SU-800 Commander to fire and SB-600, SB-800, SB-900 or SB-700 flash. All those cameras work with nikons CLS (creative light system) allowing you to fire them using your cameras pop-up flash. Look in your cameras manual. I started doing my fist gigs with a Nikon D80, 2 nikon SB-600 and 1 umbrellas. Mark, thanks for all your tips and reviews.

It's a nice lecture about flash with different prop..Indoor shoot..

Love the tip and the WKRP reference!

It's fine and simple classic explanation.. Hats off...

Powersync 16 radio transmitters are excellent! They have not failed to fire for me yet.

I always default to your videos! They're the most informative, professional videos. Nicely done! Thank you.

This guy knocked it out of the park on creativelive- Great episode! So practical

I keep watching this video over and over again, can't wait to put on practice what I've been learning thanks to adomama

Best video I've seen so far on flashes. Specially on a budget. Tks a lot!

I think all the adorama videos are great and very informative

Love it ! Thanks for the information.

Thank you mark wallace and adorama tv this video helped me to understand use of different types of lighting with the same equipemnts on a tight budget thank you for sharing such an amazing information tutorial and i would love to use your tips during my work

Thanks for the video presentation and the info! Very informative. I have a Rogue Flashbender and now I understand better how to use it better. On the Nikon D90 and D7000 (and other models, too) you can use the pop-up flash as a commander for off-camera Speedlight flash. The Commander device is nice, but to really keep the spending in check you can use what's already provided. All you need to remember is to point the sensor on the flash toward the camera and then adjust the head to your liking.

Really great video. Thank you Mark and Adorama TV.

Excellent video and great advice.

Adorama & Mark Wallace I greatly greatly appreciate you & the team... Everything is clear , direct and very informative with a friendly tone... Love all the trainings... Perhaps anything in the near future on green screen,

I'm setting up a small studio, this great video came in handy. Thank you for sharing!

The best teacher ever!!!! thank you very much!

YES! He is! I watch his stuff all the time...

Thats an fantastic video, it gave me loads of new ideas for lighting. It was amazing to see how different the model looked in the different lighting set ups.

LOVE this video...thanks for sharing!!!!!!!

Another great video from Mark.

Simple but helpful video. Just what I like to see. Thanks!

Outstanding video. Probably one of the most valuable I have seen for my situation. Now to go buy a new umbrella and diffuser..Thank you very much for a down to earth video instead of the $6000 light kit...

you are like a photo guru... thanks Mark...

Great video, fantastic teaching style. Thank you for this.

best photo tutorials, clear concise direct and he isn't a twat

Thank you!!!! You saved me from making a huge mistake in a photo shoot! greetings from Bolivia!

Thanks to this video, I now know why my infrared canon transmitter doesn't work when shooting outdoors. Thinking of going with radio transmitters. Thanks Mark!

Great thanks Mark,Julie, and Adorama, I shoot from noon to midnight auto racing , most shooters are in the turns so I shoot where there aren't any shooters and try to get the cars at there highest speed . I find myself using the sports mode when the sun is up and when the dust sets in and the track lights are off using S and A and have started to use the Nikon SB-900 to get the drivers eyes ! Come Join me at a Dirt track ! Hard to find any help doing this . most shooters use strobes . Done .

A new photographer! This was a great video.

great great video thank you mark

I'm a beginner so thanks for making a sharing this video. it will help me to practice for small space picture shooting.

wow, I love the W.K.R.P. reference!

Wow, I never knew lightning makes such a beautiful difference! I'm impressed

wow...thank you...great help

Great episode! it will be great to also discus about soft boxes for a setup like this.

@neubauer6 not really a roof but just a shade to block the studio light to mimic an indoor/home studio where the lights are not as bright

Great video showing how to work with speed-lights as an alternative but not necessarily when you are on a budget cos those speed lights are more expensive than some studio lighting kits.

This is the best tutorial ever been made! Thanks

I agree with your comment because I have the D300 which I use in Commander Mode for Remote triggering. Also the SU-800 costs (ADORAMA PRICE: $249.95) a lot more than a pair of Phottix Atlas wireless remote unit.

Mark great vid as always, love the Les Nessman reference with the imaginary wall...

Great video!!

I like the video for the examples how to use umbrella and snoot, but Nikon D7000 and D7100 can trigger wirelessly Nikon's flashes with their own built in flash commander. Cheaper Nikons don't have that function though, but if you are really on a tight budget I suggest a set of two yongnuo yn-560III flashes with built in wireless triggers and yongnuo yn-603II wireless trigger. You can get whole set for Nikon and Canon for less than the price of Nikon's or Canon's cheapest speedlight, the only catch is they are manual, but with little practice and trial and error you can learn how to set them up.

Lovely teacher lovely channel...

Ha ha at the Les Nessman reference...."the turkeys are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement...", Mark is a great teacher..I keep emailing DigitalRev, that they need to send Mark to Hong Kong for one of their challenges.

Thanks a lot. This helps me a lot as I have just begun to learn about photography flash and lighting.

I wonder if anyone got the Les Nessman reference. WKRP, baby! Big smile.

Nice presentation. Very helpful for us newbies.

As a professional corporate photographer who has studio lamps I still use speedlights for those simple headshots ...

Very useful!

wow..this is great coz i am also a begginner.. great job.. i have learn more through this episode..

This was a good video. I sure learned how to shoot with speedlites.

You are my best teacher thank you so much,

simply best, easy to understand.

I love u Mark. Best Teacher Ever.. :)

Its a reflector umbrella, So need to change to white diffuser umbrella but agree through umbrella are softer

Amazing video

The D7000 also has built in commander mode. You wont need the SB900 or the command unit. You could use a SB600 just as well. Its is a shame the D3100 and D5100 don't have that option. It saves a major expense by having that option built in. Indoors it is easy to controll several SB600s with the camera only. Outdoors you may need wireless radio controlls. They can get expensive as well if you want to use TTL.

Thanks for the video

This is an awesome instructional video. Thanks

Thanks a lot for this great upload Mark !!!

Great tips, thank you Mark

Very good flash lite tips, thanks for sharing

thanks. so very informative and so simple explanation yet so fast

Great video

Cool and educative!, great job Mark !!

Cool VID :) Cool its because not all the time we deal with this set up.

Great show once again, I have learned alot from your videos. Great ideas,beautiful models,in a non holier than thou way. Keep the coming. Thanks. FGVeiez from PR

thanks Mark needed this advice for setting up studio....

I love this perfect tutorial and Mark Wallace. Thanks.

Great video. Thanks for the tips. (Also liked the WKRP reference.)

Great Speed Light Tips ... thanks Mark W !!

This is a Great Video !! Well Explained Thank You !!

3 and 5 are the best photos

SUPER ,CONGRATULATIONS,*** நன்றாக இருக்கிறது வாழ்த்துக்கள் R.MANOHAR-CHENNAI

thank you..you are a very good presenter

Two thumbs up!

wow my good Studio photography🔱

Thanks Mark, you are awesome. I needed this. Always so helpful. Don't stop doing these videos :)

i think What mark meant by "just trust me on it" was his way of saying, 'search through the other Adorama videos to find the answer to your questions'. His intention was to stick to the topic at hand.

Great video, love the Les Nessman comment!! I have been collecting some of the items mentioned in the video to start taking some portraits, this video is going to be great help in getting me started. I got a couple of Cactus v5 wireless triggers for about $70 for the pair and they work well for a beginner. Thanks again for the video!!

Awesome mark thanks for the tips !!!

Great video showing the different techniques, cheers

Thanks a lot for this Video...Great Information. Now i've got some inspiration to get myself taking shots more consistently.

This was an excellent video! Very helpful.

superb video, extremely informative, thanks a lot

Mark you rock dude, totally cool instructional videos. Your the best!!!! Rock-on:):):)

No, the Eclipse is a convertible, and it works well as a shoot-through with the cover removed. That said, a shoot-through in a very small space can give you a lot more uncontrolled reflections than a reflector; a softbox or a "spill kill" cover on a shoot-through (or something like a Halo) will give you much better control.

Great video. Thanks.

You can buy both used for a lot less. The D7000 has come down in price a lot recently. You don't need an sb900 either, I use a yongnuo 560 that I got on amazon for €75, I have it 2 years and it's never caused me any problems. Recycle time: 2 seconds at full power ... faster than a Nikon.

You don't need a trigger with canon t3i because it has it built in it. I have this great camera and use it every day. So you will need a flash set into slave mode then set the camera from the flash settings on it. I have my own small corner studio in my studio apartment and I usually do exactly as you did. I also use some soft boxes. So my bedroom is my studio when I need it. Also I use Yongnuo flash YN510EX, which is perfect and so cheap, you can buy it from amazon. The shutter speed will be 200s or less because the flash sync at that range. You also can you use your tables, chairs, sheets, lol, and other pieces of furniture. You can use your own bed of you are shooting boudoir or something like that. The windows will be a great light source at the day time. I bought: a flash, 3 soft boxes, reflectors with 5 different colors, 2 backgrounds, black and green, a set of flash trigger, which I didn't need to use and a 50mm canon lens for less than $600. You can see some of my work on 500px.com/mohanad_Lateef.