Off-Camera Flash: Creative Techniques for Digital Photographers

✍ Scribed by Rod Deutschmann, Robin Deutschmann

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 129
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Professionals and advanced-level amateurs seeking to push the envelope and enhance the creativity of their shots are shown how to add mood and manipulate color in their images with this guide. Using a technique known as off-camera flash, digital photographers discover how to alter a viewer’s perception through the use of shadows to mask certain details or to draw attention to a specific feature with a simple beam of light. From a survey of the gear required to create these effects and a detailed description of how the basic techniques are executed to more challenging instruction such as close-up techniques, on-location portraiture, black-and-white photography, and capturing motion, this handbook offers digital photographers step-by-step directions for picking up the tips and tricks to set their work apart.

✦ Table of Contents

Copyright......Page 2
Index......Page 4
Expressionism Reborn......Page 7
A Buoy of Style......Page 8
SIDEBAR: Leaving Adobe Photoshop Behind......Page 9
SIDEBAR: Expressing Yourself......Page 13
SIDEBAR: Authors’ Note......Page 14
What Do You Need?......Page 15
SIDEBAR: Should I Buy the Name-Brand Flash?......Page 16
Flash Features You Can’t Be Without......Page 17
SIDEBAR: Reliability Is a Key Factor......Page 18
SIDEBAR: A Smart Buy......Page 20
SIDEBAR: The Problems with On-Camera Flash......Page 5
How It’s Done......Page 31
SIDEBAR: Freedom......Page 32
Using Multiple Flashes......Page 39
Getting Started......Page 40
Flash-Sync Speed......Page 43
SIDEBAR: Flash-Sync Speed Limitations......Page 44
SIDEBAR: An Original Vision......Page 45
Option 1: High-Speed Sync......Page 46
SIDEBAR: Good In Theory......Page 49
Option 3: Neutral Density Filters......Page 53
Option 4: Cross-Polarization......Page 54
The Polarizer: Don’t Leave Home Without It......Page 56
Misconceptions......Page 57
A Polarizer Tip......Page 59
Adjusting the Flash’s Power......Page 62
SIDEBAR: A Little Truth Never Hurt......Page 63
An Overview......Page 65
The Basics of Close-Up Work......Page 66
The Problems with Macro......Page 67
Close-Up Tools......Page 68
SIDEBAR: Experience, Passion, Vision......Page 69
SIDEBAR: Making Your Own Flash “Stick”......Page 71
Exploration and Creativity......Page 74
Portrait Photography is Changing......Page 80
SIDEBAR: Looking to the Future......Page 81
A Fresh Approach......Page 82
Double Your Fun......Page 83
SIDEBAR: Polarizers......Page 85
Dealing with Glare: A “Polarized” Reminder......Page 84
Black & White: A New Beginning......Page 93
SIDEBAR: A Little Truth Goes a Long Way......Page 95
SIDEBAR: Colored Gels......Page 96
Be Aggressive......Page 97
Be Precise......Page 98
SIDEBAR: Making Your Own Light Funnel......Page 99
Variations on a Theme......Page 106
Adding More Light......Page 107
Snooting Movemen......Page 112
Slow-Shutter Creative Technique......Page 114
Panning......Page 115
Spin and Zoom......Page 116
SIDEBAR: Front and Rear Syncing......Page 117
A New Kind of Photography......Page 118
SIDEBAR: Collage-Building......Page 119
Of Advanced Techniques and the Spirit to Use Them......Page 120
SIDEBAR: Finger-Painting with a Flash......Page 121
GEAR INVENTORY......Page 125
INDEX......Page 127
Back Cover......Page 129