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presentation on flash photography @ Unique Photo

September 6, 2009

Everyone in the NJ / NY area is invited to come attend my presentation on flash photography at Unique Photo, on Monday, Sept 21.

The title of the (approx) 2 hr presentation is:  Just give me the f-stop

The presentation is based on the perception that many photographers, in trying to get to grips with flash photography, try to break it down into what they think are the understandable elements – the numerical values of the settings used. They want numbers, believing that in knowing a certain image was taken at 1/125th @ f4.5 @ 400 ISO, that they might get closer to understanding lighting. They want the f-stop.

However, the scenarios we encounter as photographers vary so much,  that it becomes meaningless for anyone to “give you the f-stop”.

What is far more important is the methods we use in lighting, such as how to get to correct exposure, and how to get beautiful light, and how to enhance the existing light with controlled use of flash. And it is in this intersection between available light and flash that we get great results in seamlessly blending flash with available light.

And with that in mind, we will cover three main topics in the presentation:
- achieving (soft) directional light from your flash,
- flash exposure (incl use of the histogram: and the value of max sync speed),
- balancing flash with tungsten light

 

~  Registration is only $20, and is done via Unqiue Photo’s site  ~

 

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