{"id":3567,"date":"2010-06-09T23:29:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T03:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?page_id=3567"},"modified":"2024-09-01T00:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T04:14:47","slug":"off-camera-flash","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/flash-photography-techniques\/off-camera-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-camera flash photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flash Photography Techniques<\/a><\/strong>
\nFlash brackets<\/a>\u00a0 ~ \u00a0Off-camera flash \u00a0~ \u00a0Flash photography basics<\/a>
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Off-camera flash photography<\/h1>\n

The preceding pages mostly deal with how to use an on-camera speedlight to get ‘prettier’ light. And where we can, how to seamlessly blend our flash with our available light. \u00a0However, where flash becomes a lot more controllable and perhaps more interesting, is when you move your\u00a0flash off-camera.<\/p>\n

Off-camera flash is quite an extensive topic. \u00a0Instead of trying to cover it all in just one article here, this page will serve as a jump-page to several of the important\u00a0articles on the Tangents blog where the topic is specifically off-camera lighting. Most of the links deal with off-camera flash using speedlites, but there are a few articles where larger flashes are used. The same thought-process is in play though.\u00a0(Here is the link if\u00a0you want a list of all the articles about\u00a0off-camera flash<\/a>\u00a0on this website.)<\/p>\n

So why would we want to use off-camera flash? The answer is refreshingly straight-forward.\u00a0With off-camera lighting, we have greater control over the direction and the quality of our light<\/strong>. And that is it in a nutshell. Control. So\u00a0let’s delve deeper into it:<\/p>\n


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