Discover how to create dramatic shots in a pinch using TTL and aperture priority mode.Without TTL, when working in Aperture Priority mode, using flash can quickly show its shortcomings when shooting in a fast-paced environment. TTL will help you work faster and easier.
Without TTL, when working in Aperture Priority mode, using flash can quickly show its shortcomings when shooting in a fast-paced environment such as a bride getting ready. In this setting, TTL will help you work faster and easier.
With the ELB 500 TTL, the power and ease of creating dramatic images are in your hands.
hen documenting a bride getting ready, I tend to rely on Aperture Priority so that I can mostly shoot natural light and when I feel like flash could make for a more dramatic shot, I simply switch on my ELB 500 TTL from the Transmitter Pro.
Before we get to the fun part of using the ELB 500 TTL, we have the Transmitter Pro to setup. Turn it on, press the TTL button on the bottom left of the screen and you are ready to go!
Be sure to take a test shot before catching the moment. If you feel like the flash isn’t matching your creative direction, simply adjust the exposure compensation on the Transmitter.
We can now create our dramatic shots easily while the camera and the Transmitter Pro do most of the technical work for us. Be sure to play with different light shapers and move them around to create different lighting setups.
How to use TTL to light portraits faster than ever.On a wedding day, having the time to setup a flash during the bride and groom portrait session can be next to impossible.Let the ELB 500 TTL be your personal assistant to help your workflow.
On a wedding day, having the time to setup a flash during the bride and groom portrait session can be next to impossible. Let the ELB 500 TTL be your personal assistant to help your workflow.
With the ELB 500 TTL and the Elinchrom Deep Umbrellas, you can be ready to shoot dramatic-looking images in less than a minute!
When shooting on location in manual mode, be sure to start by adjusting your camera exposure settings. To avoid too many tests shots, I tend to enable Live View and adjust the settings until the scene and my histogram looks good.
Once the camera is ready, you can control the flash with the Elinchrom Transmitter Pro. Turn it on, and then press the TTL button to leave most of the technical work to the Skyport System.
Before firing multiple shots, be sure to capture a test picture and check that everything looks great. If the flash power isn’t matching your wishes, adjust it using the dial.
With less than three key clicks on the Transmitter Pro and then a few dial scrolls on the camera, we are already set to capture stunning images.
When you need to darken the environment or overpower the sun, take advantage of HSS. Simply increase your shutter speed above your x-sync and let the ELB 500 TTL do the rest. Any image can be fine-tuned in manual.
With all modifiers, the final result will be properly exposed right up to the maximum flash power.
Thanks to HSS, you can now control your environment.Many natural light photographers fear artificial light because it requires more time to setup and it can be technical. With the ELB 500 TTL, you can just focus on the fun and let your imagination go.
Many natural light photographers fear artificial light because it requires more time to setup and it can be technical. With the ELB 500 TTL, you can just focus on the fun and let your imagination go.
In seconds, your lighting is ready to work. With the ELB 500 TTL, the power and ease of creating world-class images are in your hands.
Before HSS, flash photographers had to fiddle with fragile ND filters or buy an expensive medium format system to achieve a dreamy and shallow depth of field. With the ELB 500 TTL, that’s a story of the past.
HSS is all about creative freedom.
In these images, I wanted to kill the ambient light almost entirely to make my couple stand out whilst retaining details in the background.
To capture the bride and groom dancing, using HSS with an extremely fast shutter speed will avoid any motion blur.
The first step is to adjust my camera settings and make sure the environment is as dark or as light as I wish. Using Live View to speed up the process, I check the histogram as well as the live view feed and adjust the shutter speed, ISO, and aperture.
Once my exposure is set for the background, I switch on my Elinchrom Transmitter Pro and press the TTL button.
By doing this, I can concentrate on the story happening in front of my lens instead of worrying about the technical details. I’ve decided to enable one more option on my Transmitter Pro to make sure my bride and groom are perfectly sharp at the end of the exposure: the 2nd curtain sync.
To activate the 2nd curtain sync, press Setup and then scroll down to SC Setup and make sure it’s ON. On some cameras, such as Nikon, you may have to enable it on the camera body as well.
With my camera set, the battery pack on, and the Transmitter Pro in TTL, I can move around my couple to shoot multiple angles without having to readjust my light even if they move too much. The ELB 500 TTL and Skyport System will take care of everything for me.
Shooting the first dance can be very stressful. It happens fast, it’s not always easy to move around the crowd to change angles and, sometimes, someone may block your light. But thanks to the Groups feature, when using several ELB 500 TTL heads or battery packs, you can capture multiple lighting setups within a matter of seconds.
In dark situations, using the modelling lamp to help focusing is a great idea. But this can drain the battery and depending on your light-shaper, it might not be powerful enough.
Instead, you can use the AF assist feature of your Elinchrom Transmitter Pro to help you achieve precise focus.