Yay! I just got my first speedlight!

ilovelight

Hi Neil and Everyone!

I got today my first speedlight, a SB-700.

Where do I start?

Your help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Joel

sathler

I'm at the end of my lunch break at work so I won't have much time to give you detailed information...

But as I have 2 x SB700 I have to say that you will be amazed by how good this flash is.

I'm sure you will have fun!

Sathler
Australia

ilovelight

Thanks sathler! I'm really excited to learn how to use them.

penndragonn2001

I have the older SB-600 and love it! Your SB-700 will allow you to use the flash in commander mode to control groups of other flashes. Other then that, I love my SB-600, and I'm sure you'll love the SB-700 even more. I use mine almost exclusively in manual mode, but recently trying out TTL mode. TTL=Thru-The Lens...Flash will be in auto mode. Only thing our two Flash Units don't have, and wish they did, was a port to allow an External Battery pack. I carry numerous Sanyo Eneloop, and Eneloop XX Rechargeable AA batteries that are THE BEST on the planet.

Trev

Hi ilovelight,

Yep, you will enjoy the speedlight.

Where do you start?

Right here: http://neilvn.com/tangents/index/flash-photography/

Hours of reading, enjoy.

Then, when you think you are done, here are general tips for various shooting scenarios.

http://neilvn.com/tangents/index/technique-style/

penndragonn2001

Good Link Trev...

This one is great as well:

http://neilvn.com/tangents/index/flash-photography/

ilovelight

Thank you very much Trev & penndragonn2001!

I'm also considering in purchasing Niels books. Is "Direction & Quality of Light" the newer version of "On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography"? Or they cover different topics?

Trev

Both books are equally informative, various topics, methods, etc. but the first book, On Camera Flash is where I would start first, then get the other 2 if/when you move to off-camera flash, and then refining the Direction/Quality of light.

1] http://neilvn.com/tangents/about/book/
2] http://neilvn.com/tangents/about/book2/
3] http://neilvn.com/tangents/about/book3/

ilovelight

Trev, Thanks a million for your assistance!