Senior Portrait Photoshoot Lighting Tutorial - Mixing LED continuous light with flash

In this video I breakdown how I captured this sports portrait of a high school golfer while blending LEDs and flash together during a two second exposure.

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LEDs
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Camera
Canon EOS R5
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Camera Stand

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Tether Cable
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Lighting Gear

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Modifiers

Parabolix 35D (89cm)
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Grip

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Studio Titan Side Kick STA-06-090
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How we made this video
Canon Cinema EOS C70
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and lit with a

Nanlite Forza 720 LED Spot Light
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Nanlite Forza 500 LED Monolight
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:37 Main light
03:19 Kicker
03:43 Gelled rim lights
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05:01 Exposure
05:42 Rear curtain sync
06:02 Extending the backdrop
06:52 Controlling ambient
07:52 How many LEDs do you need?
09:16 Posing
10:06 Avoiding reflections
10:21 Retouching
10:45 Generative fill
11:51 Regrets
12:47 Conclusion

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