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Ezphotoclasses.com. Digital Photography Boot Camp Flash Photography 101. ezphotoclasses.com. Built-In Camera Flash External Flash Multiple Lighting. ezphotoclasses.com. Built-In Camera Flash. -Powered by camera battery / drain! -Limited to 6 – 8 feet only
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Ezphotoclasses.com Digital Photography Boot Camp Flash Photography 101
ezphotoclasses.com Built-In Camera Flash External Flash Multiple Lighting
ezphotoclasses.com Built-In Camera Flash -Powered by camera battery / drain! -Limited to 6 – 8 feet only -Great for “fill-flash” photos -”Direct flash”-feel without a diffuser -Limited settings deep in the menu
ezphotoclasses.com Built-in or Internal Flash / Exposure Settings -Automatic- On – Off – Red Eye TTL Manual – Camera Menu
ezphotoclasses.com Built-in or Internal Flash / Accessories
ezphotoclasses.com External Flash / Strobe Connects to the “hot shoe” More batteries / more power Smarter than the camera? Guide Numbers: Dist. X f-stop = exposure Who cares!?!?! Fires up to 1/400th to 1/25,000 of a second
ezphotoclasses.com External Flash / Exposure Settings: -Manual- -Automatic- -TTL /iTTL (Nikon) or ETTL (Canon)- -Repeating (Stroboscopic)-
ezphotoclasses.com WHAT ARE ALL THESE BUTTONS?!?!?
ezphotoclasses.com What Is all This Mess?!?!?!?
ezphotoclasses.com Manual Flash User sets flash manually, based on distance & exposure 1/128th thru Full Power (1/128th, 1/64th, 1/32nd – Full) Automatic Flash Flash controlled by front sensor You set the aperture on the camera, the strobe picks the light output
ezphotoclasses.com External Flash / Other Settings: -Zoom: widens the light / narrows the “throw” for use with wide-angle or telephoto lenses -Exposure Compensation- (the happy button!!”) Increase or drop flash out -2 thru +2 -LCD Illumination: for shooting in dark situations -Bounce Flash / Head Tilt : softening the light
ezphotoclasses.com The dreaded “Flash Sync Speed” Syndrome Simply put: What is the fastest shutter speed you can use with your flash?
ezphotoclasses.com External Flash / Techniques Direct Flash vs. Bounce Flash
ezphotoclasses.com External Flash / Techniques - Bounce the light to soften shadows & spread the light Ceiling Height & Color?
ezphotoclasses.com Bounce the light to soften shadows
ezphotoclasses.com External Flash Accessories
ezphotoclasses.com External & Internal Fill Flash KISS it with light and Love It! -Fills-in shadows -Balances the available light Foreground to background -Eliminates for raccoon eyes -Freezes action