Photography Foundations: Flash

MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 3:09:22 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 1771.7 MB

Harsh, unflattering lighting can ruin a photo—and with flash, it's easy to get harsh, unflattering lighting. But flash is a necessary part of a photographer's toolset—after all, the world doesn't always provide you with the best natural light.

Fortunately, it isn't difficult to get great results from flash, and in this course, photographer, author, and teacher Ben Long details the concepts and techniques behind effective lighting with flash. Ben starts with fundamentals that build on exposure principles taught in other installments of Foundations of Photography—simple techniques that improve the results from a camera's built-in flash. He then focuses on fill flash techniques and on using flash as a key light. The course also explores topics ranging from bouncing and syncing flash to shooting with one or more off-camera flash units.

Topics include:

How flash works

Balancing ambient light and flash

Understanding flash ranges and modes

When to use fill flash

Using an external flash

Bouncing flash to improve light

Building up multiple flash images

Purchasing a flash