Lesson Info
70. The Gadget Bag: Flash and Lighting
Lessons
Class Introduction
17:26 2Welcome to Photography
13:08 3Camera Types Overview
02:00 4Viewing Systems
28:43 5Viewing Systems Q&A
08:45 6Lens Systems
32:06 7Shutter Systems
13:17 8Shutter Speeds
10:47Choosing a Shutter Speed
31:30 10Shutter Speeds for Handholding
08:36 11Shutter Speed Pop Quiz
09:06 12Camera Settings
25:35 13General Camera Q&A
14:38 14Sensor Sizes: The Basics
15:33 15Sensor Sizes: Compared
19:10 16Pixels
20:13 17ISO
21:13 18Sensor Q&A
13:34 19Focal Length: Overview
11:09 20Focal Length: Angle of View
15:09 21Wide Angle Lenses
08:48 22Telephoto Lenses
25:23 23Angle of View Q&A
09:29 24Fish Eye Lenses
10:39 25Tilt & Shift Lenses
23:42 26Subject Zone
17:19 27Lens Speed
09:56 28Aperture Basics
08:46 29Depth of Field
21:49 30Aperture Pop Quiz
13:23 31Lens Quality
18:30 32Photo Equipment Life Cycle
03:57 33Light Meter Basics
09:25 34Histogram
15:25 35Histogram Pop Quiz and Q&A
10:58 36Dynamic Range
06:03 37Exposure Modes
15:58 38Manual Exposure
09:38 39Sunny 16 Rule
05:54 40Exposure Bracketing
10:18 41Exposure Values
27:21 42Exposure Pop Quiz
26:43 43Focus Overview
16:15 44Focusing Systems
05:15 45Autofocus Controls
11:56 46Focus Points
07:35 47Autofocusing on Subjects
20:19 48Manual Focus
07:52 49Digital Focusing Assistance
03:40 50Focus Options: DSLR and Mirrorless
04:58 51Shutter Speeds for Sharpness and DoF
05:20 52Depth of Field Pop Quiz
12:14 53Depth of Field Camera Features
04:54 54Lens Sharpness
09:58 55Camera Movement
05:20 56Handheld and Tripod Focusing
04:32 57Advanced Techniques
07:12 58Hyperfocal Distance
06:50 59Hyperfocal Quiz and Focusing Formula
04:36 60Micro adjust and AF Fine Tune
05:34 61Focus Stacking and Post Sharpening
06:00 62Focus Problem Pop Quiz
18:07 63The Gadget Bag: Camera Accessories
25:30 64The Gadget Bag: Lens Accessories
12:46 65The Gadget Bag: Neutral Density Filter
20:43 66The Gadget Bag: Lens Hood and Teleconverters
08:55 67The Gadget Bag: Lens Adapters
05:43 68The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies
04:34 69The Gadget Bag: Macro Lenses and Accessories
15:57 70The Gadget Bag: Flash and Lighting
05:08 71The Gadget Bag: Tripods and Accessories
18:50 72The Gadget Bag: Custom Cases
11:20 7310 Thoughts on Being a Photographer
07:37 74Direct Sunlight
25:04 75Indirect Sunlight
18:49 76Sunrise and Sunset
18:39 77Cloud Light
14:48 78Golden Hour
09:50 79Light Pop Quiz
07:53 80Light Management
14:00 81Artificial Light
13:56 82Speedlights
16:02 83Off-Camera Flash
27:38 84Advanced Flash Techniques
09:49 85Editing Overview
08:24 86Editing Set-up
08:06 87Importing Images
16:45 88Best Use of Files and Folders
20:54 89Culling
20:56 90Develop: Fixing in Lightroom
18:13 91Develop: Treating Your Images
10:53 92Develop: Optimizing in Lightroom
14:51 93Art of Editing Q&A
06:01 94Composition Overview
06:53 95Photographic Intrusions
10:10 96Mystery and Working the Scene
16:18 97Point of View
09:11 98Better Backgrounds
16:02 99Unique Perspective
11:02 100Angle of View
15:06 101Subject Placement
41:14 102Subject Placement Q&A
05:18 103Panorama
07:39 104Multishot Techniques
13:57 105Timelapse
16:13 106Human Vision vs The Camera
20:07 107Visual Perception
08:35 108Visual Balance Test
22:56 109Visual Drama
12:25 110Elements of Design
28:57 111The Photographic Process
12:28 112Working the Shot
27:38 113The Moment
04:42 114One Hour Photo - Colby Brown
1:04:32 115One Hour Photo - John Keatley
1:03:05 116One Hour Photo - Art Wolfe
59:01 117One Hour Photo - Rocco Ancora
1:01:20 118One Hour Photo - Mike Hagen
1:01:20 119One Hour Photo - Lisa Carney
1:00:52 120One Hour Photo - Ian Shive
1:08:00 121One Hour Photo - Sandra Coan
1:10:29 122One Hour Photo - Daniel Gregory
1:06:07 123One Hour Photo - Scott Robert Lim
1:05:41Lesson Info
The Gadget Bag: Flash and Lighting
So next up in the gadget bag we are gonna be talking about flash and lighting. And this is just a little bit of a preview to the section we're gonna be having tomorrow cause we have the light section and I'll be talking about using lights, but here we have kind of the preview to that you might say. Alright flash photography. Whole different thing folks. Whole different game here. So there are a number of flashes that you can get for a camera if your camera does not have a built-in flash. The low end flashes are relatively simple flashes which means there's not a lot of options and they're not gonna cost too much money. For most people you're gonna probably want more than the low-end flash for most types of photography. You're gonna want to get at least a mid-range flash which is gonna give you a bit more power than the built-in flash and it's gonna give you the tilting and bouncing capabilities which can be critical and very very helpful in a lot of situations. And it's gonna add a lit...
tle bit more in the way of features as well. The advanced flashes are for the more professional photographers who do a lot of flash photography. One of the things that is nice about these, they do have more power, but that more power means that it's not normally firing at maximum power all the time. It's firing at a quarter power or a half power and you're able to get that flash to recycle and shoot very very quickly. I always think about the photographers who are shooting graduation ceremonies. You know when they're streaming across the stage and they're photographing them as they get their diploma walking across the stage, they have to be ready every two seconds for that flash to be firing and if their flash goes dead they're in big trouble cause they have to have that flash powered up and ready to go. And so these more powerful flashes are great for people doing event photography. So if you're shooting weddings, receptions, parties, things like that; you're probably gonna want a more powerful one because you can shoot very rapidly shot after shot after shot while having that flash powered up. There's also a number of special effects that you can get into and we'll be talking about those special effects in the lighting section. Second half of the lighting section. If you are gonna be using one of these flashes one of the best things that you can use is one of the off shoe flash cords. This allows you to get the flash off the camera, but allows full communication between the camera and the flash as to how much power to put into that flash. And so these are fairly robust devices that you can get. They're a little on the pricey side but if you want to mount your camera onto a flash bracket like this which allows you to keep the lens directly below the flash, can be very very helpful and we'll be talking more about this in the lighting section tomorrow as well. Diffusing the flash. The flash can be a little bit harsh. All that light coming from one small area. And so there has been a large number of devices over the years that allow you to spread that light out and you can play around and see which one you like, but they all kind of do the same thing. They're increasing the size of the flash so that you get less edges on the shadows. And so it's reducing that harsh look of the flash. And so this will help get you a more natural look to your photos if you are using flash. Flash extender is used by a number of bird photographers who are trying to take pictures of birds in dark areas on the trees for instance; and so what it's doing is rather than spreading the light out it's concentrating the light down to a narrow beam that will match their 400, 600, 800 millimeter lens. And so using a flash in that situation you can see how throwing a little bit of light, adding a little catch light to the eyes, helps us see the bird much more easily. So it can be very helpful even though the subject is not very close. Fairly far off. Without the flash. Look how much easier we can see that with the flash. So the flash bracket is a really handy device so that you can turn your camera vertically and keep the lens exactly below the flash. It's much better cause if you think normally when you have your camera in front of you, you got your lens right there, and you're gonna have your flash up on top. When you shoot vertical that flash comes way off to the side. And if you want to do really creepy lighting you just go a little bit further and you have the flash down below and that gets you the monster lighting. So that looks really strange. And so this keeps you with the flash straight above the lens which is where you really want it for professional look. If you do a lot of macro photography they do make special macro lights. A lot of times you need very powerful lights or you need to get the lights very close to your subjects and these allow you to mount the lights on the lens so that you can get the flash very close, you can control the direction, and you can also control the power of the flashes very easily. And so if you are very much into macro photography these things can help out quite a bit because you end up needing a lot of light in a lot of different types of macro photography.
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