Understanding Flash Photography: How to Shoot Great Photographs Using Electronic Flash
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Understanding Flash Photography: How to Shoot Great Photographs Using Electronic Flash Details
Flash is a necessary and immensely creative tool that dramatically increases the opportunities of any amateur photographer. However, many amateurs find flash intimidating, unsure of where to begin. Instead, they continue limiting themselves to shooting only available light. Understanding Flash Photography is a guide to off-camera flash, helping free photographers from “auto” to get the images they want when natural light isn’t enough. If you’ve been afraid to venture past natural light, here is the book that will finally help you explore the exciting possibilities of artificial light. Author Bryan Peterson starts by breaking down how flash works, then dispels the widely held myth that automatic “TTL” flash exposure is easier, explaining how to quickly master manual flash exposure to control the quality, shape, and direction of light. For the hundreds of thousands who found Understanding Exposure an exciting tool in moving past “auto” exposure in available light, Understanding Flash Photography is the essential companion to mastering the often challenging exposure puzzle.
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Reviews
When I first started getting into photography, I bought Bryan Peterson's most famous book, Understanding Exposure, and found that while I learned that some of the information in it wasn't the best, overall it really helped me when I was starting out.So, when I started to really get into flash photography, I tried this book also written by Bryan Peterson. Big mistake. Unlike Understanding Exposure, this one does not give good information at all. In fact, balancing flash with ambient, which I feel is the single most important aspect when learning flash, is not touched on at all!! Likewise, he says not to use gels. I'm sorry, but my flash is not the same color temperature as tungsten or florescent bulbs, so color correcting gels are needed, at minimum. This is without getting into the other uses of gels.I am also not a fan of Peterson completely shunning ETTL and other forms of automatic flash. Yes, in a studio setting it is best to shoot manual for best results, we get that. However, when you're on the go and are constantly moving around while taking shots using flash, ETTL comes in handy IF you know how to use it properly. Sadly, the book totally misses the mark here in what could have been a wealth of information.As you probably have heard, a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, in this book, the photos are often poor and it appears that most if not all of them are shot with flashes with no modifiers of any kind on them. This is yet another area of flash photography this book seems to totally miss the mark on.In conclusion, I was extremely disappointed with this book. Thankfully, there are other books and resources online that can help a beginning strobist.
