I changed the name of the magazine to UNCOMMON.
Sometimes i consider myself a little bit uncommon..i guess you have to be a little bit uncommon to head the streets with a off camera flash setup to make portraits.
Truth is once i get myself rewarded with a great portrait it doesn’t feel strange at all.

I have used a light stand with umbrella and a Godox TT600 and a remote trigger to fire my flash for some of my images in the magazine. So far I feel like getting the right results out of my camera. Most of the time I set my camera at ISO 200-1600 based on background exposure measured with my light meter, underexposing the background 1 or 2 stops is good enough. Then I start off my flash settings according to the ISO, so when my ISO is 800 I set my flash power 1/8, at ISO 1600 I set my flash power 1/16, this gives me a good starting point for the right exposure.

So for flash the rule is that aperture, ISO and shutter speed determine ambient light. The flash exposure is determined by flash output, aperture and iso.

I use this information for shooting my portraits and then also I like to keep my shutter speed at around 500 for sharp images without blur even though I am using flash.

Most of my photo walks i start off asking someone whether he or she likes to be photographed, then I try to find a good location for the portrait. A good location is usually the most challenging part for me but once found I fire off the camera. At the end of the day I feel that once all pieces of the puzzle come together a great portrait exists.

Robert Schreutelkamp.