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Almost a year ago I posted The Ultimate Guide To The Frequency Separation Technique article and soon after that I created our Retouching Academy community group for retouchers and photographers who retouch their own work. We have been seeing a lot of before & after images posted there by artists of all levels from complete beginners to seasoned pros. And in there we all have
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Even a single off-camera flash can make a massive difference in an outdoor portrait shoot, giving you a look that is simply impossible to capture with
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Let me preface this post by saying I am by no means an expert at using flash. I know people who will use it during the day, or can light a scene in the pitch black using one speedlight and an umbrella, or use several as slaves and masters (?!) I am not this person. I only dig the speed light out when the days get shorter, and natural light indoors becomes less, and I need to supplement the existing light - that's it! But as I'm willing to bet that is why most lifestyle photographers reach for their speed light, I wanted to give you a guide to use to use flash for this very purpose. The other thing to note is that for this to make any sense whatsoever, you really must understand your exposure triangle and how everything goes together - but for the purposes of this article I'm just going to assume that you are confident about what each of the elements does :) (Oh, and If you are unsure about why you would even want an external flash unit, i wrote about this recently with some examples here so you can read that first so you have some background!) With all that caveats neatly out of the way, let's start on how to use flash!
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Off-camera flash is a great way to take your photos to the next level. But how can you use it for amazing results? It's all in this article!
Flash photography tip: Find your background, then your settings With flash photography on location, we nearly always start off by figuring out what we want to do in relation to our available light. We might just need fill-flash, or or flash might need to do the “heavy lifting” and expose correctly for our subject in Read more inside...
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In this video tutorial I'll show you how to turn a speedlight in to realistic candle light which is safe, predictable and bright enough to keep your ISO at s...
I'm calling my January home project officially done-zo. I promise I wasn't cutting it way close -- I've been waiting for some good lighting to take a photo. Alas, it has been particularly January-ish around here (go figure) so I had to make do with my speedlight and some editing. Although it was a pain…
