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Magic. 35 фото - Матвеев Николай - Вечер...Унтерсин. Direction of Light: Your Key to Better Portrait Photography. Random Processes: Non-Industrial Light & Magic. I splurged a little this week. Since about the beginning of the year, I've been running into a wall when it comes to getting more creative with the photographs I take. The two most common problems being: I need more light. Either that, or I'm stuck with using really wide apertures and leaving only a thin sliver of the image in focus.I need to control available light. First experiment: Creating soft light for a headshot. In each case, imagine you're an ant moving along the surface of the object (see arrow), you first hit a point at which the far edge of the light source starts to go out of view.

The first two are using the flash shot into the umbrella from about 3 feet away, while the third uses the flash bounced off the ceiling to create an even bigger apparent source. Second experiment: Controlling light spread. Happiness :) Strobist. In Camera Artistry: Using Any Light Source.

Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras - Part I. Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras - Part I. Copyright © 2001-2013 NK Guy Version 1.8. 12 December, 2010. The invention and subsequent automation and miniaturization of electronic flash revolutionized photography. If you’re a photographer you’re no longer tied to available light. A reliable and portable light source is immediately at your disposal if you choose. But flash photography has always been a very difficult technique to master on any camera system. Table of Contents Part I - Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras . 1 - My camera already has a built-in flash. Flash metering systems used by Canon EOS . Controlling flash exposure . EOS system compatible flash units .

Internal flash . Part II - EOS flash photography modes . Subject and Background in flash photography . Strobist: Lighting 101. (Photo by Strobist reader Sam Simon) Welcome to Lighting 101.

Strobist: Lighting 101

You may not realize it yet, but you have just stepped through a door that may change your photography forever. Over the past few years, over four million people from nearly every country in the world have begun their lighting education right here. And if they can do it, you can do it. Photography is literally writing with light. You'll learn how to take the removable flash that you probably already have on the top of your camera and use it off-camera to make beautiful, more three-dimensional photos.

The Good News: The Gear Doesn't Cost Much Basic lighting gear is also refreshingly inexpensive. By getting your flash off-camera, your images become more three-dimensional, more textural and more professional looking. Click on a reader's picture to learn a little more about how it was made. (Photo by Strobist reader Ken Brown) The difference between their photos and yours is that they already know how to use their flash off camera. 03 – dragging the shutter « Neil vN. Flash photography techniquesflash & ambient light ~ dragging the shutter ~ bouncing flash When balancing flash with the available light, the combination of settings is usually chosen so that the mood of the place and surrounds is retained – or at least have the available light add to the image.

03 – dragging the shutter « Neil vN

In doing so, the advice is often given to “drag the shutter”. In allowing a slower shutter speed, more of the ambient light is allowed to register and influence the final image. This is a very simple technique – but an understanding of how and when to apply it, often seems elusive. So let’s take a step back and consider ambient exposure. With flash, we have two completely different beasts to consider – manual flash, and TTL flash. Looking first at manual flash – we have 4 controls: - aperture, ISO, distance, power. this distance would be the distance from your light source to the subject, and it should intuitively make sense already. 1/250th @ f5.6 @ 400 ISO 1/160th @ f5.6 @ 400 ISO Adding motion:

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