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Okay Okay Okay, maybe we have a questions

I'm choosing between Godox we won and Godox

a 100 which is better what do you

think You know guys it's it's very it's

very complicated to to answer any questions regarding

You know Choice of gear because this is

really a lot of times this comes to

the personal preference a lot of times you

know, I would see people working with with

something just for the reason that they they

They're used to it.

So I've never used a 100 I can

say that v1 is amazing It's honestly on

par with with way more expensive profile and

we had this discussion in the group before

So, yeah, I mean I can tell you

about the the v1 I haven't tried a

100 If I if I'm not wrong a

100 is also like a small Flash head

whereas v1 is like a speed light so

one good thing about v1 is that you

can just slide it on the camera whereas

a 100 is it's just a portable flash

head.

So I don't maybe I would say v1

But honestly, this is not something that I'm

saying from by knowing about both.

I know only about v1.

So so that that's Yeah, that's my That's

my answer I'm sorry.

The season is so busy for me with

travel and I didn't have a chance to

go through the course yet but surely No

problem.

I mean we Course is out there.

Take your time Learn at your your own

pace and this is the reason why we

did we actually did an online course This

is the reason why we wanted it to

be Pre-filmed and then you can watch

it and then we can do sessions like

these because this allows everyone to learn at

their own pace We wanted to give to

come out with this course even in the

mid season so that people will Can learn

and can can practice all these techniques throughout

the season because I think if we came

out with a course in December It would

take you quite a lot of time to

put all these techniques Into practice.

So yeah, definitely Take your time I saw

your recent behind-the-scenes video of your

editorial magazine shoot, which was amazing I noticed

that you had a flash bracket in your

camera for this shoot.

Do you mind sharing what brand and model

it is?

Yeah, cool.

Great question Yeah I've been testing out this

flash bracket.

It's called CB Mini break break bracket.

I think it's custom brackets I can

leave I can leave I will leave a

link.

Let me just note that Okay, I will

leave a link on the Amazon or B

&H photo so that you can see which

bracket it was Honestly, I'm testing it out

I've never worked with brackets before but I

like that look if you watch the course,

you know that I am a big fan

of that small tiny shadow look So I

hope that this bracket will bring me that

that it's not really what I hope for

But I'm still working around it.

I'm testing it out.

So maybe at some point I might even

Update the course with with this technique as

well.

Let's see if if I get if I

get enough interested people I will probably do

that as well How do you get from

normal weddings in your country to photograph high

and high weddings all over the world?

How did you get to know each other?

Have you started collaborating with international vendors?

Okay, nice three three three one Okay, so

the first question It really needs a way

longer answer and then we have time in

this chat We can give you a quick

answer to it We started working with SEO

when it was the thing Then we kept

on working with Instagram and we always marketed

ourselves as international wedding photographers We never actually

marketed ourselves as local wedding photographers Exactly so

we always wanted to work Internationally, so, you

know this this was one one thing that

we kept Communicating and kept kept pushing through

pushing towards We're actually always trying to shoot

In venues that in Serbia the country that

we are from in venues that had mixed

couples that had couples from for example us

and the Groom is from u.s. And

the bride is from Serbia and then they

got married at that in those few restaurants

that are really And then we we were

aiming to shoot only there because then we

had the opportunity to meet People from all

over the world on those weddings and then

guests from those weddings started Inviting us to

shoot their weddings abroad Yeah, so it was

basically word-of-mouth and also just pushing

this story of being International wedding photographers, even

when we were local we got to know

each other in high school and We started

collaborating with international vendors Well, actually this is

the thing like it was a hugely long

process for us And honestly, if you know,

I've seen photographers do do the same thing

in two three years I had buyer these

guys so much.

This is this is honestly amazing for us.

It took us almost a decade but it

also depends on the Market that you start

that Exactly, of course, of course If you

probably it's a bit easier if you start

from let's say Italy or Spain or you

know more popular countries I mean Serbia is

probably one of the worst places to start

your destination wedding photography business from But yeah,

I mean this we I think we are

alive Just A live example of that.

It's it's possible from from wherever honestly to

make it and yes We are now collaborating

only with international vendors only with like Probably

the best wedding planners in Europe right now.

Yep, exactly How do you assess when you

use flash and when not?

That's a great question I would say when

you if you're just starting out with the

flash It's better to not to shoot with

flash than to do for beginning and to

you know to really rely on on what

you're familiar with and then to use flash

and to utilize it only at the moments

when When you feel completely Relaxed and that

you can do that and then if it

really doesn't work out that you can take

it off and still Make a great result

Without it For right now because it's the

tool it's it's two of us So, you

know being two of us I can play

with flash for a lot of time throughout

the day Sharon can on the other hand

Shoot these like all natural natural light photos

something that we're completely familiar with for for

the past ten years So, you know, she

would cover for me for a lot of

time And even we a lot of times

we even say like hey, let's let's take

a photo of this I will try to

do it with flash.

I cannot guarantee it's gonna turn out perfectly

Let's have your photo as a backup of

that So, you know, the backup is actually

the like an amazing photo But a flash

could be maybe something interesting something something that

will bring a twist so as I said,

I would start we started shooting with flash

first on Couple shoots also we would use

it preparations, you know anywhere where it wasn't

really a stressful And time-limited the situation,

you know, but then I wouldn't even now

we Rarely take out flash at the ceremony,

for example, or you know anywhere where we

want to Show respect to to the whole

to the couple and where we want to

be aside and not to flash not to

interrupt the Exactly I hope that answers the

question I'm starting it Introducing flash into my

photography process during weddings, but I always feel

like my couples tend to look down on

it Not that they don't like the final

results, but they tend to associate flash with

an old-school way of doing stuff Did

you guys have the same problem?

And if so, how did you or?

Come it.

Thank you for your time Thank you for

your question It's a great question and I

have to say I can relate a lot

It's but not because the cut not not

because couples would perceive me that way But

because I would perceive myself that way I

would feel sometimes really weird Especially the cat

if the flash is on the camera Not

because of the couple Modern modern modern wedding

day But no, I mean honestly couples right

now don't really I mean that they never

they it's the opposite actually They want us

to use the flash because they have seen

a lot of results that we've done with

flash And if you're unsure guys, this is

a general advice for anyone if you're unsure

About about this if you're unsecure with the

flash and if you feel that your couples

might be as insecure insecure insecure with flat

With you using the flash Maybe it could

be smart to do at least one or

two style shoots Which don't have to be

huge style shoots with you know, the table

and the decoration everything Maybe just find you

know one model or a couple and do

You know do a nice set of shots

with flash so that you can showcase what

you're capable of to do with flash and

then if you Come to a wedding and

you take photos with a flash and if

couples give you strange looks you can say

hey guys Trust me, you know, you remember

those photos.

Have you seen those photos?

No, okay I can show you some so

we're on the same page about this About

the results and about the idea of what

I'm trying to create for you And then

of course if you nail it if you

make some some nice photos for them straight

Straight at the photo shoot.

You can show them on the camera and

this will hugely Improve the whole From the

course just turn the preview to black and

white Yeah flash and the couple will love

it exactly and I think it's also important

to communicate everything Before the wedding with a

couple and that's something we always do We

always ask our couples like would you like

to have more flash photos or more natural

light photos?

how how should we approach to you and

Then we always know before the wedding how

much we're going to Maybe at the wedding

would be a bit too late But again,

if you haven't had this opportunity to communicate

this with a couple then, you know, show

them at the wedding tell them Hey, I'm

utilizing this new thing new technique with a

flash, you know, do you like guys?

Do you like this?

You know, it's just I think it's a

matter of a good communication and just showing

to them Okay, Magdalena says I want to

ask you about your work during the wedding

how much?

You pose your couples during the day and

how long it takes you How long it

takes you for the for the session at

the wedding day now also a great question

and Magdalena I have to say maybe and

we're gonna disappoint you our normal photo session

At the wedding day is between 10 and

15 minutes But we do it's let's say

two two part two times 10 or 15

minutes throughout the day We never take the

couple for an hour an hour and a

half of photo session because we just our

Approach is that we want them to enjoy

the you know The day and we trained

ourselves to be super quick and to to

create these photos It's not comfortable for us

to have someone like just for the whole

hour or two it just never was easy

for us to to Manage the the couple

for that long Easily, you know the energy

level can easily go low, you know, so

with these situations So that's why we we

figured let's have them enjoy their themselves and

then we'll take them out for 10-15

minutes.

Maybe once or twice During the day and

this will not feel like a photo shoot

to them and they will not feel intimidated

by us and the energy level will stay

at its highest Oh That's

the question You have to read it out

loud because later when we when we replay

the video we will need you to Do

you mainly work with the wedding planners I

mean most of your couples with the wedding

planners or without right now all of our

couples have wedding planners and It's it's amazing

to see that It's amazing to see that.

Yeah, because like three years ago.

We were hoping to have couples With wedding

planners and we had maybe like three four

Couples per year with a wedding planner and

the rest of them didn't have any maybe

they had some someone to organize Everything but

it wasn't a proper wedding planner and now

we have just wedding planners and it's It's

amazing to work with them so much easier.

You know what to do when to shoot

How to approach to a couple and yeah,

definitely It's totally worth working towards working with

with the right wedding planners, you know And

this is the thing there are so many

of those wedding planners and you can really

find Those that would match your style your

approach and yeah definitely worth worth going towards

there definitely will impact The quality of your

photos we know how much our photos turned

out, you know Totally different because also, you

know, it's not only the couple that that

wants amazing photos But now also a wedding

planner wants amazing photos so they will make

sure that you get that time that you

get that that opportunity to create those photos

because this will also affect their portfolio Kyla

says would love to learn more about booking

commercial clients.

Oh, okay So this is the however, if

this slide is dedicated to technique only then

disregard my question Kyla, we will have to

do Something like that.

We will have to discuss this topic some

some other time This would be only for

the flesh, but we will note down this

as an idea Definitely could be interesting.

Although I have to say for us We've

never had it was never a main goal

for us and then an intention to work

with commercial clients we work with commercial clients

more on on on on a basis of

Recommendation or or just you know, if really

something sounds interesting, but our business model wasn't

ever to rely on on on commercial clients

I This is probably due to the fact

we live in Serbia So here it really

wouldn't work and traveling also for for more

commercial clients And and weddings this would be

a total overkill for us Emma I would

like to know your workout routine.

My arms are In the left hand and

camera in the right but jokes aside what

focus mode are you using while shooting like

this?

I find it hard to operate the camera

while holding it with one hand.

Okay Yeah, I'm mostly working with the flesh

of the camera.

Sure.

Usually It's impossible guys It's just too hard

I mean it's yeah, it might get heavy

This this is the camera that we should

yeah.

Yeah, especially I mean we use Canon r6

and 28 to 70 lens, which is super

like it's very heavy on on on the

on the front So it really pulls the

camera out of our hand all of the

time.

So it's it is a bit tricky I

Don't know what to say.

I mean we we do regularly work out

and it does help to at least to

me for this and Regarding the focus mode

Well, if as I said like in the

course I use when I shoot with flash

I mostly use High aperture.

So even if the focus is not exactly

right all the time It really doesn't show

because you know when you're shooting something or

from from afar with a f11 You know,

it really most mostly everything is Sharp, I

usually focus on the on the center Because

just I not because it's it's the best

way to do it because I just Yeah,

I'm quite old school about this But I

am sometimes using also the facial recognition and

eye detection and you know for focus Although

you know, I know for me it really

Anytime that I have to to let the

camera decide what to focus on.

I feel a bit stressed.

So I'd rather have Slightly slightly out of

focus photo but but by focus by me

and with my intention of what to to

be in focus and whatnot not to be

rather than having a You know camera decided

then, you know I would have some amazing

amazing moment and then the focus was for

some reason chosen to be on some random

person in the background Hope that answers question

next question You Sina or Justina Do you

think there is a reason why flash does

not fire when it's close to the trigger?

Hmm, that is a great question does not

happen constantly but enough to realize something is

off.

Yes Yes, I know When I use the

flash bracket, I will also link that as

well I use it with the now when

I'm when I'm testing this this new flash

bracket that I got I use that Cable

to connect the camera.

Well the yeah the camera and the flash

Because my wireless trigger wouldn't Wouldn't fire the

flash.

It's too close for some reason.

It doesn't work for the moment when you

when you want to put the flash close

to the close to the Lens for for

that as I called it Terry Richardson look

or something like that.

So for that look just try to put

the flash on the other side of the

lens It will make it a bit farther

from the from the trigger and you will

still get the same look but why it

doesn't work Honestly, no idea but I noticed

the same thing and the thing is there

are these little details and this is why

I wanted to do these These these Q

&A sessions to cover these these little things

these little instances because it's really too complicated

to cover these things in the course because

you know imagine if I was doing a

course and then I would say you know

flash doesn't Fire if it's if the click

I don't even know if this is a

this is a thing with every trigger You

know, I've noticed this is a thing with

my pro photo and also my Godox So

now I'm starting to assume it is the

thing with all the triggers and flashes, but

yeah, I honestly have no idea What's going

on?

Aperture do you mostly shoot that do you

shoot on any other lens other than 28

70 f2?

We use only deadlines.

We don't have any I mean we have

our old art sigmas at home.

They're retired so we only use 28 to

70 and What temperatures do you mostly shoot

at?

mostly from Well for you, it's a little

more open.

Yeah, right, but for me when I use

the flash 6.3 and up I really

if it's a really low light situation where

I want to preserve a lot of ambient

light I would go down maybe to 2

.8 But these are only like for candlelit

for example situations or something like that I'd

always go a bit higher with the aperture

again as I said in the course Don't

really I'm not really a fan of Shallow

depth of field sometimes Sometimes but as a

general rule, I would say 6.3 Please

in the most recent wedding I shot In

the most recent wedding I shot I use

the flash entirely handheld I use the Sony

a1 with 28 to 70 millimeters 2.8

along with a 10 and pro photo connect

on camera However, I'm facing the challenge when

my shutter speed is set at 1 to

200 and my subjects are moving Resulting in

a lack of control causing them to appear

slightly blurry or out of focus Do you

have any trick or technique to address this

issue?

It's a shutter speed of 1 to 200.

That sounds really strange.

I don't know why this would happen Let

me let me think about it So what

would be Liz could you could you just

list out the entire like your entire settings

for such a situation just so that I

can understand better and also is your flash

on the first or last curtain where Did

you set the first or last curtain to

for the flash to shoot at?

Please please send tell us about this and

then we will come back to this question

I have a question about inside venues that

use spotlights when couple Do entrance and or

during first dance?

I find it tricky to decide to use

or not to use the flash to use

or not to use I know This is

yeah, this is definitely Probably one of the

most complicated moments of the of the of

the entire wedding to utilize the flash However,

for us it's easy because it's the two

of us and then we usually split.

Yeah Sharon would shoot with the available light.

I would shoot with the flash what I

do in order to make it work Is

I would really try to balance out the

flash with the available lights So I try

I test this probably a bit earlier when

when someone is passing around or you know

Just just I get or just in the

beginning of the dance I would you know

do quickly a couple of shots just to

understand where I want to go with the

flash The thing is again, you have to

balance it out.

If you if you overpower the flash you

will Have this scene that will just you

know, you will kill all the lights the

whole atmosphere So it will just look like

anything, you know with liquid flash and if

your flash power is too low Then you

will get too much of the available light

which might you know make these hotspots on

Your couple or something like that, you know

the light to mix so it's really a

thing of having the flash slightly Stronger than

the the light that is that is on

the on the couple the spotlight just slightly

stronger so that you can overpower it but

still preserve the ambience, of course, this is

not always Possible and this is I mean

not every no venue is the same and

all the spotlights are quite different so it's

always a challenge and Still for me, I'm

doing like a flash course and still I

face challenges like that on a regular basis

I know I mean this is this is

something where we have to to push ourselves

a bit harder But I hope this this

would answer your question.

So Try to slightly overpower the Spotlight with

your flash so that it you know, you

will still preserve a lot of ambient light

and maybe also Zoom the flash in a

bit so that it's it's more focused on

the couple and not Lighting the entire scene

so that again, it doesn't become just blunt

just you know So it doesn't kill off

the atmosphere of the venue Carissa says I'm

shooting in a dark cellar today for the

ceremony I don't want to disrupt the ceremony

with my flash But I think I will

need to would you just have your flash

low power and try to keep the ambient

light help.

Okay, so There are two ways I you

can approach this situation one way would be

to your way to Go low with it

with the with the flash power try to

preserve as much as possible of the Of

the ambient light and shoot with a direct

flash.

Another way would be to take off the

flash of the camera Put it somewhere in

the room to basically create An ambient light

with it.

So if you if you use if you

put the flash somewhere in some corner Pointed

towards the wall and not towards the couple

It will make a diffused light.

I already also mentioned this in the bound

slash technique lesson in the course And I

show there how some some examples of what

this might look like So if you try

that thing, it might you know, it might

make the whole atmosphere a bit different But

again, if you balance it out well with

with the rest of the venue Maybe if

you put on the city gel so that

it it balances out if the light that

the cellar is probably warm You might add

some light to the couple and and coming

from the front or maybe even better a

bit from the side From them and it

will look natural.

They will not notice the flash that much

because it's not gonna be in their face

It's gonna flash somewhere out there So probably

they're gonna be excited and not really caring

about the the flash flashing somewhere in the

corner Yeah, I hope this helps Hi from

Alberta, Canada, hi, hi, Canada, okay Melanie says

about the detailed shots of rings and accessories

Do you prepare style the whole layout before

wedding or do you work with whatever is

on hand?

Sharon is the master of of these layouts

Yeah, we never prepare anything like to bring

stuff to The wedding because we travel and

we want to travel light so for us

it's a huge no, but we Actually, I

try to look around The venue or the

hotel room or wherever we are and to

find some to find the first the perfect

background for for the shot and then to

find Some details that are interesting and that

could tell a bit That could add on

to the to the story of the wedding

so yeah it's taking like half an hour

or 45 minutes for us to to have

to allocate that time for for the place

and Yeah, we're not preparing in the in

the way that we are bringing stuff But

we are preparing in a way that before

the wedding we are Have I'm actually downloading

some shots that I like and those are

mostly not shots from the weddings but from

product some product shots or Editorial shots and

then we get just get inspired by those

shots at the place And usually I could

say that usually we try to go the

natural light route and then we add some

flash We make that sunlit look or through

the window look and Nine nine out of

ten times it it wins Over there with

so because it just it just again brings

out all those details It just looks amazing

and it really draws a lot of attention

to something that even you know Even if

you if you style it and if you

really are not lucky to have Incredible things

to style then if you just play a

bit with the flash and with those shadows

It can create a way more interesting atmosphere

than it then then a traditional, you know

Diffused light by the window scene would look

like right?

Yeah, I think from the whole wedding day

that's the most stressful thing for me because

I love those flat lays and When I

don't see anything around me I get frustrated

and yeah sometimes But I think the best

shots that we got are the ones when

I was super frustrated and we when we

had nothing nothing interesting to work with and

then we just I Just think think think

think and then there's this amazing shot.

Thanks to flesh But the thing is we

take more it takes us more time to

take these photos than the couple photos Yeah,

and how do how we how we communicate

this?

Maybe this is a useful tip for anyone

who wants to do this these photos You

can communicate this by saying to the couple

or actually to the bride if you're shooting

her preparations.

Hey, look I don't want to take photos

of you doing makeup and being you know

Having one eyelash on and one one knot

and maybe you know with half of your

makeup makeup done let's Have you you know

do your makeup finish with that?

I will come when you're totally ready and

We'll shoot some touch-up photos and we

can actually avoid all the mess and everything

that is in the room and during this

time I will focus on creating some meaningful

photographs with all these details for you Which

can you can literally frame and these these

photos will have you know, we'll bring beautiful

memories To come because not every photo of

a wedding needs to be a couple photo

sometimes You know these I think those and

these like little things can actually bring up

even better memories than just For the whole

gallery so yeah, it's just about communication with

a couple exactly and no one wants a

photo with one eyelash or Like no, no

makeup at all.

So yeah what decision China's what decision changed

your career as wedding photographer?

using flash I'm kidding.

Oh There is no one decision.

Honestly, there is no one decision that I

mean again, this is totally off topic So

we will not will not take too much

time for for for this discussion.

This is totally different topic But yeah flash

was definitely one of the better decisions that

we made one of the better Tools that

we implemented into our work because it really

made our work stand out.

It really made Clients like, you know actually

love themselves in the photos It was like

a net, you know, like on on the

go Photoshop for her for everything Like it

just you know makes the face smooth kills

all the unwanted shadows Makes the the white

balance perfect on the skin tones.

Perfect so one of the better decisions were

what was actually utilizing flash in our work

and thinking about clients and Yeah, I think

the moment we started Doing our best to

make our clients look the best.

Yeah, like that that was the the game

changer because everyone was Super super happy with

their photos and everything that we post on

Instagram now is really like beautiful for people

to see and Yeah, but when we actually

when we stopped trying to to to make

better photos for photographers And started making better

photos for clients, you know, this was you

know, and then doing everything Towards that goal

to make our clients actually even more happy

than Us, but I wouldn't say that.

We're now less happy.

We are actually even more happy because now

this is all working perfectly Okay Thank you

for us answering the previous question regarding wedding

planners How do you get a job to

shoot for the famous magazines, especially for the

cover?

Thank you Well, this is one of the

perks of living in Serbia because in Serbia

we I mean we are one of the

of the go-to fashion photographers in Serbia

and They would just reach out to us

and then ask us to to work for

them But what's interesting is that actually our

reputation as wedding photographers?

I would say brought us to shoot these

these covers because We did something surprising We

did something different in the world in the

boring world of wedding photography And then these

guys would see that and they would see

that we are, you know, capturing beautiful emotion

that we can capture beautiful Interaction within the

couple they could see that we have something

different in regards to to other Fashion traditional

fashion photographers, so they would ask us, you

know They asked us once to a second

time third time and then they realized that

we have something different to offer But we

were always trying to Before that before before

we got our first cover shoot we always

tried to create photoshoots for ourselves and those

were mostly photoshoots that we were experiment experimenting

with and Every photo shoot was a combination

of wedding and fashion photography and I think

that they saw that did something different It's

a fashion photography, but with emotions and they

usually call us when they have some projects

that are more Emotional, I don't know how

to explain This is this was something that

that differentiated us And and and other fashion

photographers not wedding photographers So actually it was

helpful for us to be wedding photographers and

to get to get to the fashion Okay

Says I'm halfway through the class and thank

you so much for putting that together I'm

a film photographer and love shooting with film

with flash.

Wow, that sounds super interesting I was doing

on camera flash mostly but your master class

showed me a completely different approach and I

can't wait to try everything Today, I'm having

a test shot shoot and I'm trying your

signature look with a model I selected to

practice the flash with direct sunlight and I'm

super excited My question will be where are

you looking for inspiration?

Thank you so much for for all this

Please share it in the group.

We would love to see what you guys

are doing and we're so proud of everyone

who I mean You're sharing incredible results And

regarding the question where we're looking for the

inspiration again Sharon steps into the scene More

on the art direction part of our team.

So yeah Pinterest and Instagram it's easy and

But I'm trying not to follow wedding photographers

So I'm just following mostly fashion photographers or

documentary photographers.

And yeah, I'm always Saving everything to my

boards.

They are super organized in both in like

collections on Instagram and boards in Pinterest and

then yeah, whenever I need an inspiration, I

just come back to those boards and I

Have everything sorted out like whenever I see

a photo that could be a nice idea

for the flatly I save that to flatly

like collection on my Instagram page and then

When we prepare ourselves for weddings, we have

this now now it's It's a process Yeah,

every time we go to a wedding it's

a process of at least one day just

preparing everything in our head and preparing mood

boards for for the day and It's a

course of its of its own Process and

the whole the whole pre-production that we

do right now Yeah, so whenever I yeah,

whenever I do that before the wedding then

I come to my boards and collections And

then I see what can we do for

for example for the flat lays or with

a couple or for?

The bridesmaids shoot and it's mostly as I

said fashion photography product photography for flat for

flat lace It would be a lot of

times product photography, you know, you would I

mean how to shoot, you know shoes Look

at shoe brands what they do, you know

Don't don't look at other wedding photographers what

they do because definitely there will be much

better ideas With with especially with these new

niche shoe brands So for example or how

to shoot rings, you know, look at Cartier

look at you know, look at these big

brands so I think it's just a matter

of of skipping the the the part of

looking at other other wedding photographers because that

Has been already done and probably that's not

the city as it does follow Follow what

other wedding photographers do but to find new

inspiration new places to to utilize new techniques

We have a squeaky table.

So I hope this is not going to

be too too squeaky in the media Sam

Smith says When you shoot with I'm sorry,

I would save Sam but Smith is just

it just goes together because probably When you

shoot with flash TTL do you shoot manual

or aperture priority on your camera?

It's always manual We never as I said,

we never let even with the autofocus.

It's really hard I already mentioned that for

us.

It's really hard to let the camera do

anything Or to to bring any decisions instead

of us, so it's always manual control for

the TTL Yes, as I said, I sometimes

well not sometimes a lot of times we

use TTL but this is a bit different

because this is actually Already set by me

and then TTL would only adjust the the

amount of flash depending on how much I'm

how close or how far?

I am from the subject So basically It's

just instead of me or all the time

going up or down with with the strength

of the flash But for the camera, no,

I mean I would always Go with the

manual mode same with you, right?

Next question is from Casey.

Do you shoot Kelvin or out of my

balance when you shoot with flash?

We I think we always shoot with Shade,

no cloudy cloudy.

No shape So it's seven seven thousand 7

,000 Kelvin or shade modes on the camera

because it just gives this perfect skin tone

to Everything it's a bit warmer.

Yeah, it's a bit on the warmer side

but it's just closer to what we what

how Sharon edits photos and then It makes

the preview a lot more natural to us

to what we are used not only with

flash But like we should shade almost all

the time Maybe when it's when we enter

the church Of course and it's always wrong

it's never a JPEG shade it's always wrong

Thank You Chen, thank you and Samari says

I know this is not flash really a

question, but perhaps links with What you mentioned

about spending 30 45 minutes shooting at the

flat lays How do you allocate your time

up until the ceremony?

For example, how long would you spend?

Then on the bride and on the groom

and so forth So Maria, I can give

you a really easy and quick answer to

this.

So We we try to educate our couples

Towards what we can do for them and

how we can do this for them.

So if I mean Layflats are one of

the one like one of the big things

of our work So we always you know,

when we communicate with the couples, we always

ask them Hey, you know those lay flats

those detail shots they take time and during

your preparations while we could just stay Stand

there in that in that room Maybe having

that ring light from the from the makeup

artist and and being frustrated for you know

Not like not well not having perfect conditions

to take preparation photos We can use that

time to create those those lay flats And

then when you're done with the makeup, we

can take some photos of you doing a

touch-up I mean how many photos of

makeup make makeup being done you have you

need like five ten photos, right?

So you can do these within five minutes

or less and but you can put but

you can think about it You have time

to think about The location where you want

to put your bride and where you want

to put the makeup artist and then you

will have this perfect Shot so it's like

five minutes max.

So literally when they're done with the makeup,

you just ask them Hey guys, can you

now please stand here because it's gonna be

much nicer for photos and you know You

just do final final touches of the makeup

and hair here at this at this spot

You will have as I said two three

five minutes but it's more than enough for

five to ten photos that you need of

of the makeup and then after that you

can focus more on the portraits of the

bride for example and You know again to

control the situation not to run after the

situation but to to get into the control

of the whole situation so We would shoot

Let's say we should write without the dress

for for example ten minutes Yeah Then putting

on the dress and then bride in the

dress like for ten fifteen minutes Exactly, and

then we would go to the groom or

we would split and maybe I would go

to the groom again I would let him

get ready completely Maybe take some photos if

if there are people, you know, if there

is something again I would ask you is

there something significant about your preparations or are

you just gonna put on your suit a

lot of times?

This would be there.

Their answer would be hey guys.

I'm just gonna put on my suit I

really don't care about preparations and I'm gonna

be preparing in some small room and really

this is not a big moment for me

So I would say hey great, you know,

it's it's totally up to you I don't

have to come to shoot your preparations and

then we would have more time to create

beautiful portraits for the bride or I Would

say maybe to the groom.

I would say hey, maybe Then you can

prepare a bit earlier so that you you're

out ten minutes before you're supposed to and

I can take a few Portraits of you,

you know we can use this time to

take some portraits of you and then you're

done with your alone shots and then we

can only focus and we can do a

portrait session for For a smaller amount of

time later in the day and you will

have more time to enjoy with your with

your friends and family For your wedding, you

know, it's it's a win-win.

So it's it's only a matter of communicating

that those things well, they're one of the

biggest things that we realized is that You

know couples are getting married usually for the

first time and they have no idea what's

right and what's wrong We know and we

come with the assumption of them knowing Oh,

you know, we're supposed to spend two hours

on their makeup photos but we're really not

if we can communicate well with them that

this is a ridiculous idea and that we

have a better idea than You know and

if we're someone who showed that you know

in our portfolio and in our previous work

that this is This makes sense, then definitely

they will follow I mean after all we

are experts Alessia

says where will you release your amazing presets?

Sorry sir for being cheeky Yes, and

that we are definitely thinking about the next

course that the next course should be Editing

and the thing is that okay, we're gonna

spoil it we are thinking to to we

we never wanted to sell our presets because

I'm not sure how many I've never seen

presets that work because you buy presets and

you They're you know, a lot of photographers

would sell, you know, these are you know,

just one-click presets and they're really not

and there never are So what we what

our idea is that we want to sell

our preset but only with the editing course

this will make By doing this people who

get the preset will actually have a full

-on Instruction on how to get that exact

look with the preset And yeah, it takes

a bit more time than just releasing the

preset.

So Yeah, exactly we have one one preset

and yeah, so Stay tuned for that.

We will definitely publish that really soon But

as I said, we're working on on educational

platform and something way bigger than just one

more course So it might take a bit

of a bit more time.

Yeah, stay stay stay with us, please Okay,

I find it is a bell says I

found it tricky to edit flash photos sometimes

do you have any tips on anything flash

photos What do you say Sharon?

Wait for the For the editing course for

sure.

No, I just I don't have any problem

with it But whenever I have some problem,

I turn the photo to black and white

so it's easy and the flash photos with

black and white Amazing I love that's my

favorite look so There is no black and

white preset.

I just turn photo like I click the

black and white in Lightroom.

It's a free Black and white in Lightroom

and that's it.

I never never ever like use black and

white preset There is no black and white

preset for my for me.

So whenever there's a tricky situation I will

just click black and white in Lightroom and

it's all Okay Adostina says thank you so

much Sharon.

I will share the results with you.

Definitely.

I may steal your organization boards and Collections.

I love that you're inspired by fashion because

the wedding flatlays are so boring We couldn't

agree more absolutely and we have to bring

a breath of fresh air to weddings So

guys, we're I'm happy that we're all in

this group and with this idea.

Okay, Liz says guys if it's okay I'll

send you the real rest of what I

mean and Details in the chat.

I was busy listening to you.

Thank you No problem.

We can actually Liz maybe you can even

share it on the on the like on

the page so that with a photo with

the providing photos so that everyone can have

a bit more of the context and we

can we will Reply there maybe even with

with a short video Questions you should a

traditional Family portraits also known as family formals.

Thank you Yes, we do and we love

that.

I mean we were avoiding those shots for

so many years because someone told us like

it's not cool and you should not do

that and it was boring for us and

I remember we were in Dominican Republic and

there we shot and mixed in the un

-american wedding and Indian people they love to

have those formal photos and I was so

frustrated because at that time I thought those

photos are just You know, not not not

cool and I was actually crying at that

wedding because I was like, you know, they

just want to have those photos I wanted

to create a story.

I'm a storyteller But today we always Tell

our couple that the day should allocate some

time during the day that so we can

have those Portraits and we want to make

them as much as beautiful as they And

honestly guys, I mean we when we look

at our After our wedding because after our

wedding those were the only photos that we

we actually liked and Looked back to you

know, we would we would look through the

entire story of the wedding maybe once in

some time, but We really came back to

those photos and those are the photos that

that would go to the frame Just you

know, I think these these are really meaningful

and and although not maybe most challenging or

most interesting like photographically Still, I mean they

I think they they will bring Today, it's

the feeling that we did something great for

the family.

It's not just for the couple something that's

So I'm super happy whenever we make Good

family portraits exactly Somebody says thank you.

Thank you summary Chen yes, we replied love

your creativity and Canada awesome.

Awesome.

Awesome.

Well, we'll come to the end.

Is it possible?

We're totally open to to answer I mean

we have at least Yeah, 20 30 minutes

more.

So if you want we can discuss And

Anything else or if not, I mean we

can wrap it here.

It's it's it's been a it's been a

great question frenzy and If we haven't answered

to someone if if some things If we

left anything, please You can you can remind

us or tell us if there is anything

that we that we can clarify better I

Think To dig into that topic because He's

a master of business I think but the

thing is that mostly photographers when we ask

what they want to hear from us are

like They want something specific like editing or

the flash course.

So that's why we We started off yes

And honestly, I think it is a good

idea because I think this will help also

you guys Understand whether what we can teach

you make sense or not You know, this

is very measurable like flash course is extremely

measurable You can literally, you know, you see

your photos before the course and you see

your photos right after the course So it's

a quick transformation that that can be done

With with this course and you can measure

your success and you can measure the success

of the course So we hope that this

will help you understand, you know later if

we do business courses that will maybe take

two three years to utilize them to to

actually see bigger and more more advanced results

that you will trust us through this process

because we could we could show you through

these more practical courses that that Well, yeah

that we know that we know what we're

what we're talking about Aneta we haven't forgot

forgot for your question.

Sorry, we just for some reason skipped it

you said so Aneta says I have problems

with a TTL mode when I have the

Flash off the camera, even if it's already

kind of dark outside the flash barely flashes

So the picture is really dark and sometimes

you can't even see the people and I

set the flash to like minus 0.3

TTL on camera and it works just fine.

So for off-camera shooting I always have

to use the manual mode and it's time

-consuming since it's really new for me Do

you have any ideas of what I'm doing

wrong?

And it's a I'm not sure what what

brand of the flash and what what what

brand of the flash?

Are you using what kind of a flash

you're using?

But for me, sometimes I have a similar

problem with Profoto with Godox I don't have

that problem, but with Profoto sometimes it does

get confused.

So the thing is you have to see

Your settings both on the flash and the

trigger and you have to make sure that

they're they're they're in sync Because a lot

of times actually You're not supposed to set

your flash on the flash when you're shooting

off the camera I'm not as I said,

I'm not I cannot say for all the

camera manufacturers But both for Godox and for

Profoto You're actually supposed to set the intensity

of the flash on the trigger and not

on the flash when you're shooting Off the

camera, so maybe try that.

I don't know if you've tried that, you

know, because some a lot of times just

changing the The setting the intensity setting on

the flash would be just overruled by the

setting on the trigger So maybe check that

and also if you have any like an

extra like follow-up question please let me

know if or maybe just let me know

about the type of the flash you're using

Okay Okay, is your flash mostly on camera

or off camera Sharon first for Sharon it's

and for me, it's I like the flexibility

of just being able to point it wherever

I want and yeah, it's a bit difficult,

but Suggestion, could you please while doing should

please please when you're taking talking about settings

Just make sure settings are written on the

screen.

Not only seeing but inserting written description on

the screen Yes, and I definitely this is

something that we have to update on the

current course We are working on the update.

So there will be subtitles.

There will be these settings written, you know

We're going to make it a bit more

clear.

We as I said, this was the first

course for us as well So we are

we love suggestions.

We love hearing Good and bad feedback so

that we we know what to improve and

this is definitely one of the things that

we will Add to the to the course

and also we are planning to add one

more lesson where we will actually have only

photos like we will share our screen probably

from Lightroom and you will be able to

see our our settings and Exact exact settings

and we will tell you a bit more

about Why we chose these settings and how

we approach to the certain certain Situation Magdalena

asks, are you always satisfied with your photos

from the wedding?

Yes, I mean honestly I'm we we are

quite satisfied with our work lately we we

because we set our But I would say

this comes more from From us knowing exactly

what we want to provide and not Just

trying to make something different all of the

time We have some certain some some some

things set in stone for us and some

standard that we that we set in regards

of what we have to deliver what we

want to deliver to the to the client

and this is not only Regarding photography This

is also a lot of times regarding the

service and the level of service the way

that we that we Catered these clients, you

know, these are all the things that that

come into the into the Into the whole

evaluation for us So, you know There are

clients that will just not perceive photography as

something that important and even you know You

know, they would they would book great photographers,

but they just don't really you know Book

great photographers because they're booking everything, you know

They're they just have a big budget and

they want, you know, all the best from

from the industry But still it doesn't mean

that they will want Best out of you

of the photography that will they will give

you the opportunity to create your best work

but if you know if we can if

we can deliver what was best out of

that situation and what was Expected by this

client and maybe a bit more than that

along with a great Great service.

We're totally happy about it.

Yeah Hope that answers Thank You Anna, thank

you Karina Sam says for the course adding

more photo examples will be helpful to absolutely.

I agree.

We have to work on that Also, the

thing is that it's a bit It's it's

it's a bit time-consuming because we have

to go back a lot of those photos

are done So I don't want to make

up the settings.

So we have to go back We have

to find those all those Ross pair them

with with edited photos find what were the

settings and then and also even more complicated

would be to understand what were the flash

settings because This is something that cannot be

read on the on the exit file So

I have to remember and to think about

it So it's it is a bit more

complicated than then just adding those and as

I said I don't want to steer you

into the wrong direction by just you know

Trying to to guess what what what the

settings were so yeah, that's why it takes

us a bit more time Pretty similar you

guys are doing good.

My favorite is when you have visuals to

represent what you're talking this to me is

really helpful Absolutely more.

Yeah, and it's Godox v1.

But with the cheaper Godox trigger I always

I always change settings on the trigger But

sometimes I only think that helps it's but

sometimes the only thing that helps it Is

to change the camera settings to lower aperture.

I Have to say this is strange.

Let me just go back to the so

yeah, okay Okay, are you sure that the

trigger does Support TTL.

This is also one of the biggest because

some triggers don't support TTL.

So they might just Not work if it's

a cheaper.

I'm not sure again, which Godox trigger you're

using from X for X Pro Trigger, it

will work.

The TTL will work like charm even for

me even better than the Profoto sometimes but

But I use it because it's recharging So

it's it's the thing, you know, we really

never miss the moment, but it's but it's

I mean more or less is the same

Rest But yeah, I don't maybe maybe it

could be the thing maybe just purchase a

better trigger and then it might work You

know, it's a really not not such a

big investment 70 euros or something like that.

So might be worth worth trying My villain

thank you for being a part of the

group we're really happy to to share our

knowledge and as I said This is really

only the beginning Guys if you have any

questions, please write us So we we will

wait a few more minutes to see if

you have anything else to ask and maybe

you can all share What would you like

to learn next from us?

That would be really amazing.

Absolutely.

We would love to hear so if you

if you can Just here is our question

to us What is the next thing that

you want to learn from us?

We will really listen to you We will

make a list of those and things and

then we can we can really Work on

all that What kind of flash triggers do

you use for Godox does trigger affect flash?

Okay, so for Godox it's X Pro trigger

is called X Pro there is also this

other trigger I'm not sure honestly about the

name of it.

It's it's similar to the X Pro Maybe

even they market it as a better version,

but it has buttons The buttons of the

trigger are right Above the viewfinder of the

camera they come right there so sometimes it's

a bit tricky because when you put on

the put the camera on your face sometimes

you can press some buttons and Just mess

up the settings by by pressing them with

your with your forehead with the X Pro.

It's a bit tilted up So there is

there is no way you can you can

press this with your forehead So that's why

I chose that one and as I said,

it works like charm for pro photo I

think there is only one trigger right now

that they that they're selling.

I'm not even sure.

What's what's the name of the trigger?

It's the one with the with the screen

it's not really sure But I will link

all the all the accessories and all that

This is also one of the things that

I will add to the in this update

of the course I will link all the

all the accessories and all the all the

gear that we use generally For our flash

work Natalia asks, how do you guys shoot

fireworks at weddings?

Do you add some extra off-camera light

or just on camera flash slow shutter?

Okay, amazing question Fireworks are one of the

most tricky I mean one of the trickiest

things to shoot with flash besides the first

dance and the spotlights Because you never know

I mean when taking photos of fireworks, you

really never know what's gonna happen next like

what's what's the next pop Going to look

like so sometimes it goes overexposed sometimes underexposed

I would say a rule of thumb might

be to set the flash somewhere off the

camera point it towards your your clients and

then Shoot with with the flash in the

fixed position Adjust the flash flash intensity for

for that and then try try doing something

like that but again Not really not really

my my my favorite situation to shoot with

flash and a lot of times Sharon and

I would split shooting fireworks.

I would say, okay, I will take photos

with the flash to show the the expression

of the couple and their their joy and

excitement for for the fireworks and you shoot

more of the of the Atmosphere and the

fireworks and the whole thing So when you

connect all those photos, they tell a good

story but to make one great photo with

flash and fireworks It's a bit tough to

balance right?

So yeah, maybe you know if you're shooting

alone Maybe take some photos of the couple

with the flash turn off the flash load

the shutter and then shoot the fireworks And

I think you can you can make a

nice nice story out of it.

I Hope that that answers the question Album

design.

Okay, good one.

And yeah, okay.

This is this is a great idea.

We can do that I would love a

class on Storytelling and photograph curation for you

from you.

I think you guys are amazing in that

and I would appreciate the master class on

that topic Great one Okay, amazing, so we

have right now we have album design business

editing storytelling and curation Hit us with with

with more please guys.

We would love to hear and Brainstorm these

these ideas in the meantime Okay, there is

a bit of a like No questions or

maybe there are no questions If there are

no questions guys, it's totally fine.

I think we've done quite a nice job

here Yeah, we've covered a lot.

This video will stay online You can you

know anyone if you want to rewatch it

you can rewatch it will probably edit Also,

if I'm not sure if this is possible,

maybe we'll add it also to the course

so We have to occupy share more here

Maybe with the flat lace.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, definitely noted lay flats Flatlays sorry high

-end fashion wedding photography Sure, of course Absolutely

amazing.

I mean our whole philosophy around doing fashion

photo doing Weddings is is just you know,

really we have we see no other way

but going high-end Because I mean I

always say if you're selling your time Sell

it At least try to sell it for

for the most that you that you can

Money wise so high-end is really definitely

one of the the only the only way

that we see is realistic for at least

for us Just want to say how great

this course was thank you so much.

Thank you Heather so much.

We're so happy to hear that we're Yeah,

and so thankful for for all of you

guys Okay, I think we can slowly wrap

it maybe two three more minutes Let's see

if something else pops up from the questions

if not or suggestions or whatever If not

guys once again, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You've been great as as always, please feel

free to Keep posting in the group.

We would love to we received some emails,

but we always prefer Replying in the group

and we would like to you know, we

would love to have everyone really contribute and

see and I'm sure with some time There

will be quite a lot of you guys

actually giving advice to each other regarding flesh

And this is what the what I'm mostly

looking for forward to you know, this is

something that that I'm This is the intention

of the group to make it to make

it alive and to let it live even

Even without us, you know, it could actively

participating and contributing to every answer Yes, thank

you guys amazing Creating a community Listen is

this is this a topic for the course

or Creating the community.

Would you say this is a topic for

the course or Or are you just stating

that we're creating a community group here because

we are creating a nice community here Well,

I said, thank you, thank you, thank you

this is Wonderful, thank you so much Okay,

let's wait for the student to answer and

Yes, that's it for the next Oh, it's

like a statement.

Okay.

Yes, totally right.

Totally, right.

I think this this this is a This

is a great community and I think flash

is only A theme to it It's just

the beginning but it's also just a team

to it because I think really flash does

bring you know, it makes us think different

and and Makes us find different inspiration makes

us work differently, so so yeah, I mean

it is actually just a catalyst of Big

change that I think we all can make

in the whole and the big stamp on

the whole wedding photography industry guys Thank you

so much guys.

Thank you We really enjoyed this live.

It was our first time so we hope

that you you got the some answers and

maybe some more knowledge after after this live

and Yeah, we hope to see you soon.

I think we will do Like another one.

Yeah, absolutely.

Absolutely.

Now we have a we will have for

the following month and a half We have

a frenzy of weddings.

It's gonna be crazy We're gonna be traveling

all the time, but it's I think that

could be a good time to to actually

Create a new life maybe in a month

month and a half from from from now

You will prepare more questions and you will

encounter more challenges.

So we'll be happy to help and we

would love to see the other people also

because we have more than 250 attendees of

the course, so we really hope that Some

more people are going to join and hit

us with some new questions I know you

guys are going to watch this after the

live Awesome.

Thank you guys so much If you get

to have more questions, if you if you

want to want us to answer anything anything

extra Please feel free to leave a comment

on on this live You can use the

flash chat that we have exactly use the

flash chat in the group We will try

to to answer as soon as as our

travel schedule allows us Thank you so much.

See you and Enjoy and enjoy the rest

of your day and the end of the

season Bye guys