FotoWeekend / Workshops
Flashing In Broad Daylight
Description
There’s no need to put your camera away when the sun blazes high overhead. If you start with an understanding of how your camera records light, then you’ll see the many options to create dramatic light outdoors during the day. We’ll start with a discussion of the boundaries created when shooting available light. Then we’ll move outdoors to shoot high-speed/Auto FP sync and how to create synergy with many small flashes. Along the way, we’ll take a look at other options—like neutral density filters and hyper-sync.
Topics covered:
- Why your camera can’t record all that you can see
- How your camera syncs the shutter with flash
- Why shooting in the shade creates flat images
- How to tame ambient light with your shutter
- Changing the sun: How to use large diffusers and reflectors
- Small Flash (Speedlite) Techniques:
- High-Speed Sync/Auto FP Sync
- Gang Light—How to Turn Noon To Night
- Neutral Density, Hyper-Sync, etc.
Who Should Attend
You are a very confident user of priority shooting modes and may even been using full manual exposure control.
You are familiar with one-light set ups and have had some hands on time with lighting equipment. You understand and can set up the different triggering systems.
You are aiming to consolidate your understanding and improve basic techniques as well as be introduced to some new ideas and techniques that will give you the confidence to experiment with different creative outcomes.
You are familiar with one-light set ups and have had some hands on time with lighting equipment. You understand and can set up the different triggering systems.
You are aiming to consolidate your understanding and improve basic techniques as well as be introduced to some new ideas and techniques that will give you the confidence to experiment with different creative outcomes.
Type
One-day workshop
What you should bring
DSLR, wide-angle to medium-telephoto lenses
