That explanation (and demo) made the whole thing so obvious and simple, but also the 1st time I've seen it on any channel. Brilliant hack to add to the tool box. Thanks Matt. 👍

Pure Genius. 5 years into Photography and never thought of this. ND Filter and HSS has always been on rescue but Man, this is worth a try.

You are amazing! This solved a problem I've had for months and no one could answer it. perfect timing as well! Shalom

What is the sync speed of your main camera?? See my full course at www.mattgranger.com/ocf Gear used (Amazon links) Camera: Nikon D200: geni.us/d200 Lens 50mm: geni.us/Aa9c Cheapo flash: geni.us/vokngflsh light stand: geni.us/manf5001b softbox: geni.us/godoxSB Triggers (NOT budget): geni.us/zMQ2FSe

Cool, I love these kind of videos with you and Steph!

Budgetography rocks! Most photographers think we are all millionaires. Shrills for their sponsors. Thanks, Matt for what you do.

This is an awesome hack! Thanks Matt!

That’s pretty neat! I was aware of the issues in the studio, but never really thought about how it wouldn’t really affect the background outdoors! Thanks for the great tip! And hi Steph!

Well, I certainly hadn't thought of that. I'll be trying it outside for sure. Thanks for the tip. Also, yay for budgetography! 👍

This was very helpful. Thank you for creating this video. I understood sync speed so well, after so many years.. thank you 🙂

FINALLY! Budgetography is back 👏

Very cool idea! Thanks for the tip! And nice jump Steph!

Amazing video! Very informative and I love this hack! Thanks Matt :)

Thank you Matt for the helpful tip! I'll give it a try! God bless and good luck!

Man, never occurred to me to try this, great tip!! Thank you!

Liked this a lot. Always nice to learn some options for flash.

This is a very good tip. It really does take some planning though. I got a similar effect using ND filters with flash which i was really pleased with. But I really like this method, provided the framing works out.

Thank you for giving us an idea to play around more with the flash speed sync!

A very nice video. I will try this once. Thanks Matt ! 👍👍

May work with Nikon, doesn't work with other brands. Pentax for example, camera doesn't send signal to fire unless HSS equipped flash or trigger is attached. @Matt - (not sure where I read this, but,..) Some part of HSS is more about syncing the flash to the sensor scanning, not just the shutter leaf movement. Terminator Genesis is cited as a prime example of where a muzzle flash can be seen across the bottom of one scanned frame, and the top of the next frame. This is also why HSS needs to be applied when the Electronic Shutter is used for silent operation.

I have watched all most all your videos ..all are very informative

Nice one Matt.

Great, thanks Matt! Great tip, charismatic talent, and if she keeps coming back, I will too 😋

I did a quick staff photo for a local business a few weeks ago where I had only brought a single speedlight and no ND filter. I used this method to let me shoot at a bigger aperture and 1/400 of a second. Kind of funny that you posted a video about this. Now I don't feel like such a hack knowing that at least one other person has done this ;) Good video Matt.

Excellent. Educational, practical and well taught.

Andrew Boey also has a HSS trick. You can go all the way to 1/8000 and you don't get the black bar. I've tried it and it works for me.

waw, that was superinteresting, i never knew a flash could make such a difference, i realy like how the model the model is put away from the background

Wow, awesome hack, gotta try that. Thanks for the tip. Images started getting sharper too. I guess like anything, you needed to warm up!

Even though I don't do portraits and very rarely use any kind of flash (camera doesn't have one and my old flashes work, but as far as I know not with ttl and such) I still learnt something, up till today I've always thought it was the other way around, that 1/250th is the maximum speed and any faster won't work :-) it all makes sense now, thanks for a great video Matt!

Hi Matt, Although I have newer HSS Flashes, I have a Yongnuo YN622C-TX E-TTL and a Yongnuo YN622C (Although they are Canon versions, they also come for Nikon YN622N instad of C). These triggers have an SS (Super Sync) Mode that allows my old non HSS Flashes to shoot at up to 1/8000 sec. The SS Mode creates a delay of some sorts that makes the flash output for a longer time. Put the flash on top of the YN622N Module and set to Full Power, Put the YN622N-TX on the Camera and set the flash group in SS Mode. Now you can take a shot at 1/8000 with your old flash, no black bars :-)

thanks Matt, good tip

Great Job you three!! Very informative!

Such a smart idea, brilliant. Thank you

thanks Matt, great tip !!!! Steph is sooo charmingggg !!!!

This is a good video and I especially like the hack of turning the camera to compose in portrait orientation. I think this will only work with certain camera bodies, mostly much older ones. My D3100, for example, locks the shutter at 1/200th when a flash is activated or attached. The same applies to my D7200, locking at 1/250th, but that body will work with a flash with HSS.

Great tip Matt. I had tried to mess around with this concept before. On my flashes I can manually control the frequency of pulses and was going to try work out some calculations where the pulse frequency matched the shutter speeds above 1/200, Unfortunately once a flash is connected to my DSLR Nikon D5500, shutter speeds above 1/200 are firmware disabled so it's just not possible to apply this hack. I have also tried this with remote triggers but its stil the same. Anything over 1/200 is disabled in camera. :-(

I hadn’t thought of this, thanks a lot!

It was a good day - I learnt something. Thank you very much. :)

Brilliant, and so simple

Another great video. Thanks!!!

I experienced that blockage few days ago. I took down the speed and it made sense. I was glad I identified the problem.

Thank You for a great video. Could You please introduce Hyper Sync? With cheap manual flash?

That was actually a good tip 😊

I never thought of that.

great tip - never thought about this before :)

That’s cool mate. I never thought of that but it’s so obvious now I’ve seen it 😁🤙

love the flash holder you got there :D

Nice realistic approach! This is something gear oriented camera-hobbyists sometimes cannot see at all. Nicely done. What about the sync speed. It is perhaps bit philosophical, but that is actually the cameas shutters fastest mechanical speed. As after that there is gimmick to make is "faster" what it is not, sync-speed is always the cameras shutters fastest speed. You can have faster speed on certain part of frame, but as globally on whole frame, that is THE speed. Rarely that is a problem, but still: that is a fact.

From that Nikon guy to now, you always seem to select the best models, with the best personalities.

Simple but super useful , it can save you in a pinch, and with super high resolution cameras even more , crop it’s no an issue in more cases

What a great hack, thanks for the info I will do that the next time I have a model who can jump...

Cool tip! I'll be remembering that for future reference.

great idea! i'll definitely try that !

ordered a yongnuo hss speedlite and forgot about the softbox!thanks for reminding me!

That's a solid tip! I had done something similar in the past with a full-frame camera by setting it to APS-C crop mode, but the idea to use an open area around the close subject and selective framing is a great idea.

Thanks Matt! Good Stuff; Can you do something on Outdoor Flash Budget Shoot please

Hello matt which speed light flash would you recommend for my Nikon D750 ? Please i am waiting for suggestion? Thank you

Great tip to make the framing bigger to avoid dull section over the subject.

You should do one where you use ND filters to "simulate" a higher shutter speed. And Other ND filter tricks.

Great stuff Matt!

Most excellent video

What a great idea!!!!! Very Clever!!!

Your subject standing there she is real happy entertaining ..❤️

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A lense adapter episode would be cool, like how much you have to spend for certain levels of quality/features

How about second curtain flash sync? Is that a possible video with the camera's limitations? Thanks, ..Joe

Smart! Good tips!

Steph has amazing skin. Direct hard light rarely looks flattering if you don't have good skin

Another good way to do this is use a Speedlite that supports HSS,and buy the bracket that allows you to fit your softbox onto it. Not expensive and you're in full control

Thanks i learn a lot!

Super hack 👏👏👏👏

How about if you lock the mirror use life view it would have the same effect. Thanks if you can answer me Matt God bless.

Awesome video! :)

Informative, thanks

How about budget Strobes like the Neewer F3-500, How to set it up for use with Nikon and/or Canon cameras and for HSS as well. The remote trigger I find somewhat complicated to try and configure and the manual, which was apparently translated from Chineese to English..badly... is no help. I believe it's the same trigger used in the F1-400 Strobe as well and maybe a few others.

cool stuff thx for doing that

So brilliant

Hmmm another little trick to remember, cheers Matt, (although I think my D750 gives me a black line at the bottom not the top)(or am I just holding my camera wrong ? hee hee )

Thanks 🙏 a million

Thank youu Sir!

Please more videos of flashphotography where we can see the background exposure first and then with flash added. It helps amateurs like me to understand how the flash photos are exposed in different situation and looks!

Doess hss flash need a high end camera to be compatible?

Why is that dark shadow (gradient) from the top and not from the bottom? I have never seen it from the top. Is it because of camera model?

How are you able yo get your shutter past 1/250 with the flash ? My A7iii won't let me do it for some reason

If you use an optical trigger with a sync cable you can beat it then as well, allegedly the flash gets the message a nano second faster. I’ve seen it done, but it isn’t as pretty as hss by a long way.

i just discovered it now i will try it next shoot

Genius idea

Thank you for explaining! Now I know why it's half light, haha I thought my speed light is broken.

I love BUDGETOGRAPHY!

You can actually break sync speed right up to 1/5000 and so on by using your camera's flash as the master and your off camera flash in slave mode and simply set in camera and off camera flash to full power. At full power the flash stays on longer, allowing faster shutter speeds without the curtain interfering. Only down fall is that your only control over flash light strength is to move closer of further from your subject.

Didnt know Christian Slater was doing gear review now ☺

Another way to hack the HSS look without a lot of the gear is to use an HSS speedlite on camera to optically trigger your other lights whether they are strobes or other speedlites.

Budgetography with Pocket Wizard radio triggers? They would cost more than the rest of the kit put together

Love Stephanie😚

steph....u r goddesssss

You’ll model is very beautiful

i like the "bye" :)

Would it work on nikon D5300

Nice

PocketWizard have a feature called Hypersync that alters the flash trigger time so the whole flash duration is mapped better relative to shutter curtain travel. This defeats High Speed Sync that needs pulsating flashes at reduced power. Disclaimers and compatibility apply.