Lessons
Chapter 1 Introduction
01:26 2Why Just One On-Camera Flash
04:22 35 Reasons to Use Flash
10:37 4Common Flash Myths
06:51 5What Makes Flash Challenging?
04:56 6Chapter 2 Introduction
01:36 7Flash-Strobe vs. Ambient-Constant Light
08:19 8Flash vs. Ambient Light Exposure
03:07Flash vs. Ambient Demo
06:42 10Flash and Ambient Balancing for Natural Effect
07:11 11Flash and Ambient Balancing for Dramatic Effect
04:19 12Flash and Ambient Balancing for Creative Effect
07:10 13Understanding Flash Duration
08:37 14Chapter 3 Introduction
01:34 155 Common Key Light Patterns
08:38 165 Common Key Light Patterns w/ Diffusion & Fill
07:42 175 Common Secondary Light Patterns
08:28 183 Primary Subject Patterns
05:27 19Light Qualities
09:56 20The Inverse Square Law
07:50 21Inverse Square Law in Practice
08:21 22Corrective White Balance
10:02 23Creative White Balance
05:47 24Chapter 4 Introduction
01:58 25On Board vs. Hot Shoe Flash
05:57 26Full Feature vs. Manual Flashes
08:59 27TTL vs. Manual Control
08:12 28TTL vs. Manual Recycle Times
04:43 29Flash Power & Zoom
09:18 30HHS vs. ND Filters
12:29 31FCS vs. RCS
07:11 32Chapter 5 Introduction
01:38 334 Tips When You Must Use Direct Flash
06:00 34Bare Bulbing Done Right
11:42 35Grid Snoot + Direct Flash
06:43 36Mini Beauty + Direct Flash
06:08 37Ring + Direct Flash
07:52 38Understanding Modifiers
09:24 39Direct Flash + Shutter Flash
09:07 40Chapter 6 Introduction
01:55 41Ambient vs. Direct Flash vs. Bounce Flash
14:27 42Silver Bounce
14:27 43More Light Silver
11:02 44Soft White Bounce
15:41 45Overhead Bounce
11:39 46Overhead Bounce + Fill
09:42 47Event Bounce
12:42 48Chapter 7 Introduction
01:38 49Natural vs. Dramatic Light
17:43 50Filling and Refining Existing Light
08:44 51Coloring Light for Corrective Effect
13:33 52Coloring Light for Creative Effect
10:27 53Chapter 8 Introduction
00:43 54Case Study 1 - Dramatic Sunset
09:45 55Case Study 2 - Desert Sunset
10:04 56Case Study 3 - Sinister Headshot
09:40 57Case Study 4 - Family Portrait
08:21 58Case Study 5 - Athlete Portraits
11:19 59Case Study 6 - Working Angles
07:22 60Case Study 7 - Drag + Composite
08:09 61Case Study 8 - Less is More
07:16 62The Good Karma Jar
01:41 63Favorite Feature Flashes
05:52 64Favorite Manual Flashes
21:35 65Favorite On Camera Flash Modifiers
21:21Lesson Info
On Board vs. Hot Shoe Flash
We're gonna take this from the top with onboard versus hot shoe flash. Why? Because, well, I need you all to go out and buy a hot shoe flash if you don't already have one now, you can watch this entire course to figure out which hot shoe flash you want. That's fine, great dandy. But you're eventually going to need one because all the techniques that were teaching you really are done with a hot shoe flash. So let's, move on and say why let's talk first about onboard flash, this is the rebel t five I okay, this is the same camera that we used for the photography one a one a workshop now the hot shoe are sorry the onboard flash is this guy that's just built into the camera. Okay, so to get to and I'm gonna press this little flash button and there it is. What are the pros of this tiny little flash? Well, there's, kind of on ly to someone that is great and look, I scratch that see it there's a scratch there no it's not great. It works if you're in a pinch. Okay, if you have absolutely no ch...
oice and you just need to add flash, then yes, this will work and there is some limited flash functionality there but the only other pro to it is that it's basically always with you I mean is built into the camera so it goes everywhere you go on the con side of this it's extremely difficult to modify now modify in every sense of the word it's difficult to control the direction of like it's difficult to control the amount to control advanced features to control color all these things are it's just difficult to modify condom or too is that it also has limited functionality we don't have all the advanced features like rear curtains sink and so forth and that's basically to depend on which camera body you have and that will tell basically what features are built into this onboard flash but it's going very in general though you're not going to get the features that you would in a hot flash all right number three has limited power okay look at how tiny this little guy is in this tiny little guy I mean even compared to this flash which we always talk about an onboard flash or sorry the horseshoe flash head as being small we need to modify it look at this guy this guy's tiny in comparison to this guy okay? So it's a very small light and it has a kind of very limited overall power lastly you're gonna have a lot of red eye when you're shooting with your onward flash. Why? Because the flash is directly above the lens and it's very close to linz. So this light is basically going directly into the eye at the same angle that you're firing from. All right, you're going to get a lot more red eye with an onboard flash, and then you will with hush you so let's, go over to this guy. Now I have here my five mark three. This is the camera that we're using throughout the entire workshop. Don't worry us. Use any camera. You want any linds you want really? Your results going very similar. So long as you can get down to a similar aperture that were shooting at or similar focal length. Okay, so don't worry about the camera. We proved that it's. Not about the camera in photography. One on one, we shot the entire workshop with a rebel and with a nikon dvd. Two hundred. Okay, so let's, talk about the hot shoe flash. Now the biggest deal with the hot flash. Is that it's super easy to modify your direction of light? I mean, look at this. We can control the head anyway. We want. Well, I got to do is push down this little button inside. I can turn it from left to right. I can turn it behind me. I can point up. Point it down. Go straight on. I have full control over the direction of light. In addition, I can modify the quality very easily. But none of these modifiers are you really gonna work well with onboard flash next? What do we have? Point number three is that we have a lot more power. Okay, we have a bigger flash head, which is going to give us a slightly softer light. It's still not big enough to really gives a soft light, but it's better than this. Ok, it also has more power than this. We have a lot more functionality. We have different modes. We have tl we have manual, we have recurrent sink. We have high speed sync. We have all these additional full features in a full feature flash. Now, if you're talking about a manual flash, well, you're mean more limited on features on a manual flashing we'll discuss. The difference is between full feature versus manual fletchers in just a little bit, but we have a lot more features with one of these types of flashes versus an on board. Okay, next red eye is going to be very rare because is mounted above the hashi okay, so the flash is actually coming from a decent distance above the lens and so you're not getting that direct kind of reflection from the eye that you would at the flat for mountain directly above the lens so we'll get red eye far less often with a hot flash than you would with an onboard flash. What are the cons? Okay, there's really only two cons number one is that there's an additional cost to this flash and depending what when you get it can vary a manual hashi flash is going to cost around one hundred bucks full feature ones would go from two, three hundred up to five, six hundred dollars pretty easily that's definitely a lot more, considering this entire camera body was probably six or seven hundred bucks. Okay, so that comes with the onboard ship flash built in the other con to it is that they're just more to carry, and for some people, that might actually be an issue for some, it might not, but it's just another piece of gear, which you could potentially forget. And if for example, I forget my or if I just don't take my hot flash with me with an advanced camera like a five day mark three it doesn't even have an onboard flash built in some kind of out of luck there, but it's. One more thing to carry, but it's going to be worth it overall. And so my advice to you is, if you don't already have hot shoe flash, watch this entire workshop and then decide what features are important to you. What's your budget in your price range and go out and buy one. At that point. If you already have one, then great. Grab the one that you have. Put it on your camera and let's. Go to the next video.
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Sid
The best class for understanding light and lighting there is bar none. Pye is an excellent teacher and the quality of the material provides for a rich and very informative experience. Pye breaks down the fundamentals in easy to digest packets and then elaborates as needed. If there is one class that you watch this is it! Worth purchasing and saving for future use. I would also HIGHLY recommend downloading the saving the PDF of slides that accompany the videos. Again, and can't say it enough, this is THE BEST video to lighting on Creative Live. A must watch for the novice and the expert.
Petra
Great course, I highly recommend it if you want to become a more confident flash user. Pye is a wonderful instructor and just such a nice guy, it's a pleasure to listen to him
Simon Metselaar
This is the best thing that happened to me since I've been into photography. What a lifesaver. Unfortunately I already payed for some courses that are not Pye, but Pye just nails it. Amazing, and kind of a life hack. Thanks again :)
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