Description
Modern lighting equipment - including speedlight flashes and other portable flashlights - may be small, but it's powerful ... as long as you know how to use it. In this book, professional flash photographer Tilo Gokel explains the secrets of capturing beautifully lit images by using just one flash! The first part of the book has a quick flash photography course that covers techniques for lighting, equipment, and understanding the nuances of flash. Then, in a series of 26 exercises covering everything from people, objects, food and special techniques, Tilo demonstrates how things are done. Sample images, illumination diagrams, sequence instructions and even subsequent processing tips are included.Here you will learn how a flash can not only illuminate but also bring color and pattern into a scene, and how easy it is to turn a flash into multiple light sources, using reflectors and mirrors to multiply and redirect its light. You will also learn how to use the flash removed from the camera's hot shoe jack, and how to activate it repeatedly for special effects. A hands-on approach and clear explanations of Tilo's technology will allow you to quickly start working with lightning to achieve fantastic results.
Topics include:
Combining flash with available light
Use of diffusers, reflectors and mirrors
Powerful technique for making lightning composites
Draw with light with a standard speedlight flash
Simulation of constant light with stroboscopic flash and modeling flash
Use inexpensive non-TTL flash units as well as TTL flash units
Powerful home-built portable flash made from two modified speedlight flash