On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography
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With this guidebook, photographers learn how to create stunning, professional images while avoiding the common pitfalls of using an on-camera flash. Techniques for using simple accessories such as bounce cards and diffusers, as well as how to improve a lighting scenario by enhancing it rather than overwhelming it, show photographers how to master this challenging aspect of portraiture. Read more
Publisher : Amherst Media
Publication date : August 1, 2009
Language : English
Print length : 126 pages
ISBN-10 : 1584282584
ISBN-13 : 87
Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
Dimensions : 8.4 x 0.4 x 10.9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,228,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #58 in Wedding Photography #101 in Photography Lighting (Books) #940 in Digital Photography (Books)
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Background (you can skip) Since so many reviews have already been written about this book I will keep this brief with my personal reasons why this book is so useful. I have bought TONS of photography books (at least 35), always looking for useful tips to get that pro look to my photos and extort Oooh's and Aaaah's from people looking at my collection. Lighting has always been my downfall, since I cannot seem to get the contrast, shadows, directions etc right. I bought expensive soft boxes and strobes and yet never learned to properly use them, even with all the books at hand. So I have been steadily looking for books that could give me good useful instruction on how to create positive results that would fuel inspiration (success is great fuel)!! I tried some of the books my pro friends recommended. like Light, science & Magic and found that those were too advanced and required too much skill / experience with some of the equipment (like strobes) to be the best start. And then I found this little 20 dollar lesson. About this book There are a few things that many photography books do that do not work for me: - The are THICK, I mean endless pages going through basics about cameras that I do not need, forcing me to spend too much time reading, which I do not have - They often assume deep wallets, ie. access to expensive equipment - They often assume everyone wants to be a pro-sumer / semi-pro, whereas what I wanted was just darn good looking pictures without excessive knowledge I will rarely use - Most of all, they assume you have tons of space and great lighting equipment. My reality is: I am a father of many kids, I have a busy busy life. I rarely have time to go shoot outdoors. Mostly I take pictures indoors and often in the evenings, but rarely in studio conditions. In fact, my house is cramped so I cannot set up backgrounds and strobes very easily nor do I enjoy it. Reading is something I enjoy with novels, not with photography or instruction books. Here are the reasons why I think this book excels: - It is thin and to the point - I think it immediately gives you USABLE, applicable instructions to take good looking photos, augmented by flash - It understands that not all of us have strobes, studio space and enormous soft boxes. - It focuses on flash photography albeit indoors or outdoors, augmenting natural light or being the main source. - It teaches quickly and efficiently The negative(s): - The first 10 pages are generic detailed scientific explanations of reflection and lighting. Tough material, but after that it gets applied!! - The actual size of the book: it should have been in a little smaller format as this is one you'd want to carry with you. Overall worth EVERY penny you pay for it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2011 by Rick V
The concept of the author is great and his pictures prove that his approach works. The basic idea is to use your flash on camera, but almost never direct - as long as there is any other possibility. The author shows how to use flash bounced of various surfaces to get similar results as from off-camera flash. He also explains the concept of improving ambient light with a touch of flash instead of overpowering it. He shows how to shoot at large apertures and fairly high ISO if necessary, which allows him to capture a high amount of ambient light at hand-holdable shutter speeds and produces natural looking pictures (and saves flash batteries). This book shows why digital technology with its high ISO capabilities and TTL is so much superior to film in location photography. No outdated nonsense about flash exposure and high ISO. One of my most insightful books about modern photography I have read.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2010 by ad
I've been an advanced amateur since minoring in photography in college. I've never made a penny off of a photography I've taken. I came to this book through Niel's website. And, I'm happy I did. I read the book through, and within hours, my flash photography had become wonderful. I hated using a flash for the last 20 years previously. In one hour, I suddenly realized that I could use a flash to take gorgeous pictures, and also realized that I was now virtually unlimited in where and what conditions I now had available to shoot in. Bringing artificial light with you in a small flash unit, and being able to take the same great pictures you take in bright daylight suddenly makes photography exciting and new to me again. This book has rejuvenated my hobby and improved my photographs better than any book I've ever read or studied on the topic Better yet, I decided to pick up the book a second time and started skimming through it again. I discovered yet MORE great tips that go beyond flash photography which I'd overlooked during my first read. I'm ecstatic with my new-found SLR abilities and the results that this book has brought me. I have gone through lots of photography books, but none of them have been so full of great info as this one. It's not just for portraits, and it's not just for flash - it's a great photography manual. It's as if a professional photographer sat me down and said, "Look. All those classes and workshops make SLR photography seem really complex and tough. Let me tell you a few secrets. It's really quite simple." And it is. This book simplifies, and improves photography like no other. I never would've expected that from a book about using a speed light. I shunned flash units for years. Now, I love 'em as much as my lenses.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2012 by Erik S.