April 10, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 01
Off Camera Flash So far we have covered many different ways you can use your flash on-camera such as bounce and diffused flash and hopefully you have mastered those. Now…
April 11, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 02
When using the flash off-camera, you need to trigger the flash to fire from your camera. In the previous pictures, I am using a Dedicated Flash Cord that allows me…
April 11, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 03
Optical Slaves – cont. Most older, yet state of the art flash units do not come with a PC sync socket on them to plug that slave into with the…
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 04
Dedicated Wireless Some of today’s state-of-the-art flash units come with wireless flash ability built in. Canon’s 430EXII and 580EXII are three of them while Nikon’s SB 900 and SB700 compliment their line. They have the ability to trigger…
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 07
Radio Remotes Triggers There are numerous methods for triggering flash using wireless radio technology. There are a number of third party systems designed for wireless triggering and originally most were…
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 10
Portraits using Flash There is no difference between shooting portraits with studio strobes versus flash units as far as the approach to lighting. The advantage to flash is the compact…
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 11
Rear Curtain – cont To enable rear curtain flash to work, you have to make adjustment either on the camera or flash and it depends on the make and model….
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 12
USING REMOTE FLASH FOR EFFECT The next step beyond wireless flash is using wireless remotely by placing flash in more distant locations. This is putting light in out-of-the-way places to…
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 13
BIGGER FLASH UNITS Depending on what you shoot, you may also find you need a much bigger and more powerful flash unit. I am not talking about studio strobes, rather…
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 14
My strategy is to set the flash to manual output and set it to full power as a start. I take a test shot usually by just ‘guesstimating’, a skill…
April 13, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 15
REAL JOBS You will notice in my descriptions that none of these jobs were photographed using ETTL and were all on manual flash. I want total control! If you consider…
April 10, 2012
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Lesson 3: Page 01
Off Camera Flash So far we have covered many different ways you can use your flash on-camera such as bounce and diffused flash and hopefully you have mastered those. Now…
April 11, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 02
When using the flash off-camera, you need to trigger the flash to fire from your camera. In the previous pictures, I am using a Dedicated Flash Cord that allows me…
April 11, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 03
Optical Slaves – cont. Most older, yet state of the art flash units do not come with a PC sync socket on them to plug that slave into with the…
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 04
Dedicated Wireless Some of today’s state-of-the-art flash units come with wireless flash ability built in. Canon’s 430EXII and 580EXII are three of them while Nikon’s SB 900 and SB700 compliment their line. They have the ability to trigger…
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 07
Radio Remotes Triggers There are numerous methods for triggering flash using wireless radio technology. There are a number of third party systems designed for wireless triggering and originally most were…
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 10
Portraits using Flash There is no difference between shooting portraits with studio strobes versus flash units as far as the approach to lighting. The advantage to flash is the compact…
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 11
Rear Curtain – cont To enable rear curtain flash to work, you have to make adjustment either on the camera or flash and it depends on the make and model….
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 12
USING REMOTE FLASH FOR EFFECT The next step beyond wireless flash is using wireless remotely by placing flash in more distant locations. This is putting light in out-of-the-way places to…
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 13
BIGGER FLASH UNITS Depending on what you shoot, you may also find you need a much bigger and more powerful flash unit. I am not talking about studio strobes, rather…
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 14
My strategy is to set the flash to manual output and set it to full power as a start. I take a test shot usually by just ‘guesstimating’, a skill…
April 13, 2012
Read More
Lesson 3: Page 15
REAL JOBS You will notice in my descriptions that none of these jobs were photographed using ETTL and were all on manual flash. I want total control! If you consider…
