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Photography - The Ultimate Guide to Using Off-Camera Flash by Udemy
Follow me on 19 photo sessions & learn to create beautiful light using small flashes & take stunning dramatic portraits.
Course Highlights
- Know what type of equipment suits them best
- Know how all of the gear fits together
- Understand the various methods of triggering flashes
- Know how to get perfect exposures using the manual mode
- Discover how to make beautiful light for stunning images
- Know how to control and light backgrounds
- Understand and use various portrait lighting patterns
- Know how to balance ambient and flash light
- Know how to take dramatic images, indoors and outdoors
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
7 Topics
The type of cameras and flashes you need for off-camera flash
Light stands and flash umbrella brackets
How to trigger off-camera flashes
Flashes and Triggers Update #1 - 2020
Light modifiers what are they for and why you need them.
Flash heads are small modifiers can be large avoid this problem.
Do I need a flash meter for perfect exposures?
7 Topics
Why we're using the Manual mode no Aperture or Shutter speed priority
Apertures and an introduction to indoor exposure
Shutter speeds and its role in off-camera flash photography
ISO and its role in flash exposure
Determining the flash power for perfect exposures
The effect of flash to subject distance on exposure
Flash maximum sync speed and High Speed Sync
12 Topics
Indoor session 1 - Simple first one-light setup
Indoor session 2 - Controlling background light spill
Indoor session 3 - Light the background for more impact
Indoor session 4 - Colouring the background using gels
Indoor session 5 - Use a fill light to open up the shadows
Indoor session 6 - Stunning beauty lighting using a 'Clam Shell' setup
Indoor session 7 - More drama using a harder light source
Indoor session 8 - Portrait Lighting Patterns
Indoor session 9 - Graphic backgrounds using household objects
Indoor session 10 - Dramatic light using a Honeycomb Grid
Indoor session 11 - Making a whiter than white background
Indoor session 12 - Stunning beauty lighting using a 'tri-flector'
10 Topics
Introduction to outdoor off camera flash exposure
Flashes and Triggers Update #2 - 2020
Dramatic portraits using sky as background
Balancing ambient and flash light - Photo session between the trees
Balancing ambient light and flash - Photo session at the narrow gauge railway
Explanation and demo of High Speed Sync and use of ND filter for wider apertures
High Speed Sync (HSS) – Wide apertures on bright day
Graphic or Grungy backgrounds – Store shutters
Graphic or Grungy backgrounds – Graffiti (using HSS)
Graphic or Grungy backgrounds - A brick wall (using HSS)
1 Topic
DIY product photography setup
1 Topic
Final words
Photography - The Ultimate Guide to Using Off-Camera Flash
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