Using Small Flashes

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Professional photographer Joe McNally shares some of his insight on using the small, hot shoe flashes on the set and on location.

Introduction (02:06) What are hot shoe flashes and why to avoid the straight flash
PreFlash (02:42) Reading your flash's LCD and making your small flash large
Logic of the Light (01:42) Bouncing the flash off a white wall will create a more pleasing effect
Don't Forget to Look Up (01:49) Use the ceiling to bounce light onto the subject
Master Flash (02:10) Your on-camera flash can be used to control other off-camera flashes.
Flash Menu (02:07) Programming the on-camera master flash to direct remote flashes.
Multiple Lights (02:15) Beginning to use more than one flash to light the subject.
Experiment With One Flash (02:49) Program the master to use only the off-camera flash
Embrace Your Mistakes (01:57) Recover your image by making adjustments to the flash settings.
Diffuse the Light (02:30) Diffuse the light with a tri-grip reflector
Sophisticated Light (01:36) Create more elegant light with an overhead flash and a hand-held tri-grip
Increase the Volume of Light (03:17) Using a c-stand with a skylight panel to create a softbox effect
Keep Adjusting (02:51) Bouncing multiple lights off the wall
Attachments (03:09) Introducing a small softbox into the photo shoot
Working Through Problems (01:33) Diffusing the softbox even further with a hand-held reflector
One Overhead Source (01:23) This setup features two strobes firing through a panel from above the subject
Floor Skip (02:50) Bouncing a strobe off the floor as a fill light
Using a Third Group (04:16) Bringing in a third strobe to use as a backlight
Enhancing the Light Even Further (00:56) Bring in a little more glow with a reflector for the fill light

Course Time: 00 Hours 43 Minutes

S. Purves

Mar 31 2013

Wonderful Course - Now it's time to put it into action - looking forward to seeing more videos from Joe

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