Outdoor off camera flash photography at Mercer Botanic Gardens
Mercer Botanic Gardens is a 180 acre public botanical gardens that includes landscaped garden beds and natural areas. The gardens are managed by Harris County Precinct 3 and open daily with free admission.
The mission of Mercer Botanic Gardens is to establish and maintain a versatile botanical facility for the greater Houston and Gulf Coast region that serves the public, horticultural industry, and scientific community.
The gardens feature several themed areas:
• Endangered Species and Native Plant Garden
• Herb Garden
• Prehistoric Garden
• William D. Lee Iris Collection
• Pollinator Garden
• Vegetable Garden
• Seasonal Color Gardens
• Tropical Garden
• Ginger Garden
• Children's Garden
• Shakespeare Garden
• Pocket Prairie
• Shade Garden and Boardwalk
• Formal Garden
The grounds contain a variety of water features (including ponds, a waterfall, and a large Cypress pond called "Storey Lake"), walking paths, a primitive loop, greenhouses, a Japanese-inspiredtea house, and a visitor center with a classroom.
Mercer Botanic Gardens is also home to the Mercer Botanical Center, which maintains an herbarium, botanical library and illustrations collections and databases; a seed bank for the Center for Plant Conservation; labs and garden sign shop; and associated conservation nursery.
If you’re going to use off-camera flash for outdoor photography, here’s what you’ll need:
1. Speedlights
At Koyfman Photo and Video Production we use Godox AD200pro speedlights. AD200pro speedlights are excellent portable flashes. As you can see in the video, my assistant has no problem lifting and moving around with that speedlight. Heavier speedlights would require a more durable stand and would be harder to move. You can also use high speed sync with AD200pro speedlights.
2. Shoot through umbrella.
As you can see in the video, I have my assistant hold a shoot through umbrella. It is important to properly position the umbrella so that a person you are photographing is properly lit.
3. Remote triggers
Remote triggers allow you to fire speedlights when they’re not mounted to your camera. As you can imagine, this is essential when using off-camera flash. At Koyfman Photo and Video Production we use Godox Xpro TTL Wireless Flash Trigger. Various camera brands will have a trigger dedicated to that brand. For example Sony Remote trigger is called Godox Xpro-S. Wireless Flash Trigger for Canon is called Godox Xpro-C.
4. Camera with a hot shoe
Finally, you will need a camera that works in Manual mode. It must also have a hot shoe. At Koyfman Photo and Video Production we use Sony mirrorless cameras most of the time.
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