{"id":1720,"date":"2009-10-25T05:28:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T09:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetneil.com\/tangents\/?page_id=1720"},"modified":"2026-01-29T01:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:22:40","slug":"book1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/book1\/","title":{"rendered":"book: On-Camera Flash Photography (1st ed.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class='one_third'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/nvn-book-on-camera-flash-2nd-ed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/1-oncameraflash-250.jpg\" alt=\"On-Camera Flash Photography\" width=\"250\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='two_third last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>On-Camera Flash Photography<\/h1>\n<p>Please note that this best-selling book is now out of print, but has been updated with a revised edition:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/book-on-camera-flash\/\">On-Camera Flash (revised edition)<\/a><\/strong>.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Info about my\u00a0other books on photography<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1. On-Camera Flash Photography (out of print)<\/span><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/book-off-camera-flash-photography\/\">Off-Camera Flash Photography<\/a><br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/book-direction-quality-of-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Direction &amp;\u00a0Quality of Light<\/a><br \/>\n4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/book-lighting-design-portrait-photography\/\">Lighting &amp;\u00a0Design for Portrait Photography<\/a><br \/>\n5.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/book-on-camera-flash\/\">On-Camera Flash Photography<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(revised edition)<\/p>\n<p>Also check out my list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/flash-photography-techniques\/photography-books\/\">recommended books on photography technique<\/a>,<br \/>\nand my choice of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/best-photography-books\/\">best photography books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Errata &amp; Corrections &#8211; On-Camera Flash (1st ed.)<\/h2>\n<p>I would like to correct a few errors in my book on flash photography.<br \/>\nIt seems no matter how many times work is cross-checked, mistakes do slip by.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On p.107 &#8211; plate 14-14 .. the camera settings are incorrectly given. (They are correct in the actual text on p. 106). The correct description for plate 14-14 (p.107) should read:<br \/>\nAdjusting my camera settings, I dropped the ambient light and left the couple illuminated mostly by flash. Settings: 1\/250th @ f2 @ 320 ISO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The image on p.71 (plate 10-13) has a slight error. It says that I bounced the flash to my right, but as should be clear from the photograph, I did indeed bounce the flash to my left. (I have a life-long tendency to confuse left and right when I give directions or descriptions, and it unfortuntely creeped in there as a typo with that image.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/about\/books\/\">Photography books by Neil vN<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"Title_left\">\n<div id=\"books_left\">\n<div class=\"book1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608955702\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=planeneilphot-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608955702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/3-qualityoflight-250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"book2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608958159\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608958159&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=planeneilphot-20&amp;linkId=3GX5E6XYYZB6RA5G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/4-lighting-design-250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"book3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608952789\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=planeneilphot-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608952789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/2-offcameraflash-250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Title_right\">\n<div id=\"books_right\">\n<div class=\"book1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1608952789\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=tangents02-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1608952789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/2-offcameraflash-250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"book2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1608958159\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1608958159&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tangents02-21&amp;linkId=TRF5UFF7IJHK6TLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/4-lighting-design-250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"book3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1608955702\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=tangents02-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1608955702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/books\/NvN\/3-qualityoflight-250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"Title_left\">\n<div id=\"books_left\"><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\"><strong>Amazon USA<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Title_right\">\n<div id=\"books_right\"><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\"><strong>Amazon UK<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Photography workshops<\/h2>\n<p>Join us on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/tangentsphoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tangents Facebook group<\/a><\/strong> for further discussions.<\/p>\n<p>If you need more direct help or instruction on flash photography,<br \/>\nI do present <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-workshops\/\">workshops &amp; seminars<\/a><\/strong> and also offer <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-workshops\/tutoring-sessions\/\">individual tutoring sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29845,"parent":2,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1720","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52407,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1720\/revisions\/52407"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}