The Godox AD100 Pro is Godox’s latest addition to their AD line-up of battery powered strobes, which means that Godox is currently offering ten different models in this product range. Godox AD100 Pro is the smallest variant, both in regards to size and power. Being an off-camera flash, it is targeted towards any photographer whether they are looking to shoot outdoors or indoors with genres like weddings, commercial, studio shots at an affordable price.
For many wedding and fashion photographers, the AD series flashes are rewarding for their excellent performance at a budget friendly price. At 100Ws and priced MRP 22,490 and street price of Rs. 19,600, it is one of the least powerful flashes in the AD series.
Before we start the review let’s talk about Godox. Everyone has been watching Godox in the market for a couple of years now and in a very short period of time the company has managed to really gain some great market strength in India. And the most important part is that they have been providing some amazing products like speedlights, strobes, led, softbox, brackets, etc. and that too at a super affordable price, which makes things even sweeter for the consumer. (Insert Godox Logo)
Look, Body and Design
The Godox AD100 Pro comes in a hard case which is easy, portable and light to carry anywhere for a shoot. The hard case includes the Godox AD100 Pro pocket flash, a Godox WB100 battery, AD-E2 Bracket, Battery Charger, USB Cable. You can carry the case whenever you go for a shoot or just put it in your camera bag and carry it around. In terms of design, Godox AD100 Pro is very compact and light weight. The body feels well-built and like any other pocket flash everything on the rear side is simple, clean and clear to understand. The light includes 2 threaded holes at the bottom which will let you directly mount it on any pole that you would need. And like most of its line-up the light includes a modelling lamp as well and for wireless compatibility the light goes with all the triggers in the Godox line-up.
Performance
Outdoor
We shot some images using a Canon 6D Mark II and the light was connected to the camera using a X1T-C trigger. Connecting the trigger to the light was very effortless as one just has to match the group and channel. The main reason behind choosing this light outdoors is because there are many times when you are shooting wedding portraits or pre-wedding images, commercial shoots with natural or artificial light in the background and you need to fill the light from the front to expose your subject properly.
The images shot
outdoors using the Godox AD100 Pro were pretty impressive and the
results were up to mark.
(Model – Aarya) (Instagram – @___aarya_3541__)
Indoor
For indoor shoots, we have shot some images at one of our known photographer friend’s studios (Siddhesh Sawant) (Instagram – @ssstudios26). Also the light was attached to the Godox SB-UBW80, 80 cm Octa Softbox using a Godox S2 Bracket. We shot some images on different setups like using the softbox, without softbox and modelling lamp. The images were shot using a Canon 5D Mark III and the light was connected to the camera using a X1T-C trigger.
The images shot indoors using the Godox AD100 Pro looked really nice and smooth and the light performed really well. The Godox AD100 Pro handles the heating very well too, even after using it on full power the flash was still firing. The fan inside the AD100 Pro is really helping a lot.
(Model – Rupali) (Instagram – @r00p_alley)
Conclusion
So what do we think about the GODOX AD100 Pro? In one simple word, it is really amazing. It is small, compact and lightweight, and packs a powerful punch. The best part about it though is that it is very pocket friendly. For a price of Rs. 19,600 (Street Price) the pocket flash gives a lovely performance.
And if as a beginner you are looking for a light then we would definitely recommend. The fact that it is so compact that it is very easy to carry wherever you go. Godox realised that photographers have to carry heavy bags and equipment every time and designed the AD100 Pro around that idea.
While this little one might not have the output to challenge the bigger ones in the line-up, but it certainly has the attitude to do so. It really tries to punch above its size and packs every bit of performance while trying.
For YouTube video review click here
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Street photography can be fun, but it can also be tricky. Is it as simple as going out into the streets and taking photos? In the narrowest of views, yes. Street photography is regarded by many as an art form; it can be quite intimidating and challenging. I would venture to say that anyone who has achieved some measure of success at street photography has found it immensely rewarding. And as a visual medium, street photography can be profoundly inspirational.
So if you’re considering hitting the streets, here are a few basic DOs and DON’Ts to help get you started.
DO’s
Look for things, people, and places that interest you.
Look wide, life is happening all around you. Look around at people, culture, humanity, animals, food, market, city, travel – anything which you find interesting.
Try to find people who are busy with their work, wait for a while and try to understand the situation, story, emotions and expressions of it and that’s the perfect time when you can shoot perfect street photographs.
Shoot wide
Why shoot in wide? When you shoot wide, you involve many stories, emotions, expressions, people, color, and drama in one frame which helps you to capture the exact moment of the subject. And widely shot photographs makes viewers feel connected to the scene.
A wide angle lens will also allow you to get reasonably close to your subject without having to point the camera directly at them, wide lenses like 35mm and 50mm. These lenses are very small in size, which makes them very easy to carry. Hence, for street photographers these lenses are very helpful.
Know the rules and laws of street photography
Street photography seems to be a easiest photography from the other photography skills, yes it is easy but at the same time you have to be careful of the rules and laws of street photography.
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You will inevitably encounter individuals who feel you don’t have the “right” to take their photograph; it’s all about the privacy of the people. If you get caught while clicking pictures of the people, they may take actions against you. One of the main disagreements surrounding in street photography is that of privacy.
DON’Ts:
Avoid flash, use natural light
In photography, using a flash is great idea, but not in every area of photography. Strictly not in street photography. Street is all about taking the photographs of strangers and non-predictable things, where we don’t take permission while taking pictures. If you use flash while doing street, you may put yourself in a problem. Some people may get angry that you are taking photographs of them without their permission.
Street photography is all about capturing the natural and exact situation, by using flash you may make people aware they are being photographed.
Don’t rush yourself
Patience is one of the most important virtues that street photographers can highly benefit from. At any moment, you might come across the most unique background, you should be able to be patient enough to allow the right person to enter the place for you to capture its image.
You should consider shooting in good light; this ends up making your photographs look magical. The photographers will always take their time and wait for the right person to occupy a beautiful scene before they can capture it.
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Don’t shoot without having the reason
People shoot photographs in the streets for plenty of reasons including just for pleasure, Documenting humanity, is one of the plenty reasons. You should have a concrete goal and mission in your mind of why you are capturing these photographs.
Fashion photography for adults and teenagers are so common these days as the number of photographers and models are rising every time. How many amazing fashion photographs, how many images are used for advertisements surround us at every place. But what if we say that adult fashion photography will soon have a large and powerful rival? Sounds awkward right? but nowadays children fashion photography is becoming more and more in supply. What is the reason for such demand and what does the future hold for this recently appeared genre?
About Children Fashion Photography
Surprisingly, but children fashion photography is not a new genre in the fashion photography industry. These days, children are as serious chic as adults with the growing number of social media pages of children as you will notice. Also modern parents have zero issues with the taste of children’s clothing. Shops and online stores are full of fashionable clothes that make children look quite modern and fascinating. Almost all modern parents try to follow all trends with their children. And modern clothing market has already understood this drift and engages children into fashion advertisements. That is the how this genre is growing a great demand in industry.
The majority of children fashion photography has been made due to the work of fashion designers. Modern world creates fortunate and pleasing conditions for creating clothing collections not only for adults, but for kids too. They know that a lot of fashion models, who have kids now, are not eager to give up the current trend and they try to engage their children in it. The most fastest mode to buy clothing is on online stores, but the only difficulty with online stores is that we only have access to images and nothing else. Believe us that it is easier to choose clothes with images of children models rather than with adult models. And here again we come to a great demand of kids fashion photography.
Before learning about children fashion industry, let us learn out what does it mean to be involved in fashion industry. What is it and what mystery does it hold? So, fashion photography as a special genre of photography entered the market in the 90’s. At this time, this genre manages to win a great part of the market due to a unvarying interest of customers. From the start of 20’s fashion photos began to beat graphics in printing editions of that time. And at the same time, the idea of a fashion photojournalist made an appearance in industry, and since then they work together like a pair that cannot be divided. Hence now there are very less advertisement without photos done in fashion style.
Fashion Photography of present days majorly means images of clothes and accessories of different fashion houses, capturing images during fashion week shows and much more. Due to a huge mixture of required pictures, adult fashion photographs cannot fulfill the whole market needs. And that is how children fashion photography is highly competitive now.
For sure, the demand of fashion images
has changed over years and is still changing. A lot of things has
changed, and today the picture shot by the photographer is of bigger
value than just capturing particular details such as clothes,
hairstyle, accessories and make-up.
Tips to shoot Children Fashion Photography
Have Patience
When capturing children you need to be
highly patient. This is because that sometimes you may get a amazing
bunch of images and sometimes you will get nothing for a while. This
is because of the different behavior of the child and this might
cause an break in your photography session. So, this is the basic
rule that you need to follow while capturing images of children.
Don’t hurry up or force them to do a pose, just hang out with
chill mind, play and talk with them and finally, they will make an
effort to pose for your camera.
Let the children run the show
It’s true that you won’t be able to run each and every facet of the shoot according to yourself so why not let the child to run the whole show? This will be easy and work on it with positive impacts.
For this, follow these tips:
Don’t try to command the child, it can spoil the whole shoot.
Don’t feel that the whole shoot is unsuccessful if the child is not doing what you want. Keep on trying different ideas and concepts.
Don’t be rude to the child. They will be smiling naturally for your session only if they are happy. You have to keep them homely and also, let them know that the camera is their friend.
Talk with them about their favourites and keep them energetic.
Let the session go with the flow. Shoot every moment that a jolly child is doing.
Be alert to capture every facial expression of the child.
Have fun with the child and you
will be able to shoot the best moments.
Take a lot of images
The facial expression of children
changes in seconds which can result in loosing a good moment to
capture. Hence, try to be fast, speedy and capture bunch of images
in the same pose. If you have two or more children to capture in a
frame, pay close attention to each kid and make sure while capturing
bunch of photographs, so that you get everyone’s expression proper.
You can always choose your best photographs from the bunch
afterwards.
Shoot from their perspective
When you capture little children images, you should not capture it normally from an adult perspective. This makes them look tiny in photographs. Getting low to their eye level so you can equalise the perspective and shoot. With that, enter their zone where they are playing instead of standing far from them. Crawl and play with the child to keep them happy. Note that you should also keep your camera safe in such scenarios to prevent it from any damages.
Focus on Focus
When you are composing subjects that
are in motion, it requires the perfect settings, training, and
tests. All the cameras have various Focus Modes, so to learn this
properly, read your manual once and practice it on daily basis to
learn it properly. Choose the setting in your camera for tracking
the focus of moving subject. That means the camera will not lock the
focus when you click the shutter halfway. What it does is that it
only tracks the selected moving object in the frame. Now at next
step, if you press the shutter more down and keep on focusing a
moving object, then the camera tracks the speed and try to focus the
object so that when you click the shutter full down, then the camera
will capture a sharp picture. It is difficult to exactly explain
that what is the perfect option to capture is, this is because there
are various camera brands and different models and each one of them
is different with its features.
Burst Mode
It is important to capture in burst or high-speed continuous mode so as to take bunch of photographs and not miss any moment. After you set your focus then all you have to do is click the shutter to its end and then hold it for sometime. This lets the camera to capture bunch of pictures. Many DSLR or mirrorless cameras have the property of burst or high-speed continuous mode but it may be different in the frames per second rate they are capable of shooting.
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What Is Fashion Photography And Where Did It All Begin?
It all begin in the late 1800s that the Parisian Fashion Houses started fashion photography as a proper professional career. However, it was known as a best industry, and the their decision went on for over a few period of time.
In the last one decade, due to the arrival of social media and various photo-sharing application, fashion photography made its way into the different part of the society. Fashion photography, as a job, is still a great choice.
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Today, places like Mumbai, New York, Paris, Montreal, Milan, and Los Angeles are known as the best fashion center in the world.
How Can One Get Started In Fashion Photography?
Here are some points one should consider before entering your fashion photography career
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Learn photography skills –Photography is a art which needs practical knowledge of the
equipment and lots of experience. So, it is highly suggested to get
a professional diploma in fashion photography to boost your career.
Build your portfolio –Select and hire some good stylists and models, prepare a
theme & mood board for your concept, and start capturing
pictures. Choose your best images and display it creatively with a
good website and portfolio catalog.
Network – Widenyour contact and hire professional stylists and models. Also, talk
and assist with professional photographers who have a good base in
the industry. Social media platforms are the easiest and best mode
to link with makeup artists, designers, hairstylists, photographers,
editors and magazines.
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Start sending your work– Be active and send your best images to editors of magazines and
media houses. But, before you send your images, learn about their
publishing way and send the best photographs that will suit their
needs to minimise the chances of rejection.
Create your style – Onceyou start capturing, you will be tend to get influenced by the
professionals. While it’s not bad to re-create when you are
starting your career but once you learn the art properly, start
creating your own style, and after a while, you will be successful.
What Are The Various Types Of Fashion Photography Work?
Before we start unfold the various photography projects that you can go for, please remember as a general rule that payment vastly changes when it comes to media groups, magazines and top fashion houses.
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Fashion/Beauty Editorials
These are the kind of work everyone usually refer to when they describe about fashion photography. It includes models with striking poses, aesthetics, and make-up. It sounds interesting, but for a amateur, it gives more value to their portfolio than the money in the wallet.
Spec Shoot
This needs to be planned to the end beforehand. The photographer must set up a team of stylist, models, and plan on a theme and mood board before capturing. If the results are proper, then the concept is pitched to various publications with a hope to get featured. If you are good at your work, you can get a great prize.
Commercial Photography
This type of photography is generally done to sell a product. Since this shoot brings gives a great income to the company, they keep a profitable budget for the commercial photography. To get selected, you should either have a beautiful test shoot or great portfolio.
A test shoot is a activity where the
team, including the designer, stylist, model and photographer, work
as a team to do a normal shoot. This is done to check whether they
can work together as a team in future.
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What Is The Scope Of Fashion Photography?
The fashion photography industry has observed a good increase in its rate from 15% to 20% in the last few years before the pandemic. Yes the pandemic has affected the industry a bit but with the improving conditions everything will be on track in coming time. And with the growth of digitalisation, everything around is moving to visual, which means there will be high chances and more opportunities for the right talent!
Payments
Catalog photographers normally get paid on month basis, and the income is relatively much less than the fashion and magazine photographers
In India, if you work as an assistant for a professional photographers, the starting salary usually ranges from Rs. 50,000 – Rs. 1,00,00 per year
Once you enter the professional
level and start your own firm, the salary depends upon your skills
and work and your income can range between Rs. 1,00,000– Rs.
5,00,000 per project.
Please note the above wage is a estimate figure. Fashion photographers can earn less or high depending upon their work.
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Perks
A opportunity to travel to beautiful locations and have a luxurious lifestyle.
Opportunity to shoot supermodels, and work with best makeup artists, fashion designers, magazines and media houses, creative directors.
Different opportunities in terms of experience.
Career Path
As a fashion photographer, you can work however you like:
Freelancer
Start your own fashion photography firm
Full-time job with the media
house, clothing and accessories brands, magazine.
If you have a primary style, and you can work independently, have a great sense of creativity, and good management skills, you can do super well in this photography career.
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