Speedlights 101

 

Lesson Info

Click It, Zoom It, Remote Control It

Once you know what’s happening with your camera and flash you can do almost anything. Speedlights open up a new realm in your photography. They are light to carry, quick to set up. And you never know when you're going to need that extra light for a more dramatic image.

This workshop will give you the confidence to incorporate small portable flash in your photography toolkit. From shooting receptions at weddings or adding drama in senior portraits, this workshop will include lots of live shooting examples that will help everything make sense. Get ready to take your photography to the next level. Once you start working with portable flash, you'll never understand how you lived without them.

Lessons

Introduction
Two Exposures Explained: Ambient & Flash
Flash! A Drama in 4 Parts
The Triangle: Aperture, ISO, Shutter
Overpowering the Ambient Light
High Speed Sync
High Speed Sync Q&A
Shutter Priority Mode
Manual Mode
General Q&A
Color It
Diffuse It, Twist It, Pull It
Click It, Zoom It, Remote Control It
Shoot: Softbox and Umbrella
Shoot: Three Light Setup
Shoot: Freezing Motion
Introduction
Bouncing the Light
Off-Camera Flash Options
Light Modifiers
Limitations of Your Flash
Shoot: On the creativeLIVE Roof
Flash Modes: TTL & Manual Mode
Light Metering
Light Metering Q&A
Guide Numbers
Built-in Meter
General Flash Q&A
Light Shaping
Group Lighting
Lighting Dark Environments
Indoor Holiday Photos
Outdoor Events at Night
Lighting Dark Events Q&A
Portrait Lighting
Portrait Lighting Q&A
Butterfly/Clamshell Lighting
Q&A and Lighting for Men
Final Q&A
Ninjas!
 
 
 
 

Reviews

  • Great! I'm so thankful to you, CreativeLive, for providing this great opportunity to learn an important subject of photography - Speedlights - from the professional Mark Wallace. He is such a good teacher and explains everything in real-life situations and on slides. As he fires his flash, I instantly see the resulting photo on my screen, so this is theory combined with practice. I'm in fact watching you from Belarus, and it's midnight, so I'm fighting with sleep, but I can't get myself away from the screen. this is my 1st CL experience. I'm very grateful for running a rewatch of the previous Day the following morning, so I woke up and saw what I'd missed. And it's totally free! Thank you so much for a true first-class education!
  • Truly a fabulous class. Mark has such a gift for taking a complex subject and making it so understandable and fun at the same time. Mark is easily one of the best instructors out there. Highly highly highly recommend this class.
  • Thank you!! You rock!!! I just purchased the videos and I am looking forward to learning how to use my Nikon SB 910. I knew I had to purchase the videos as I have been glued to my monitor soaking up as much information as I can and neglecting my family. LOL Mark, I am grateful that you are sharing your knowledge and for the CreativeLIVE team providing the education to me. I am so excited to put all this information to use. Thank you for the wealth of information!