"[PDF] DOWNLOAD On-Camera Flash: Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography
Photographers are always looking for perfect light. Unfortunately, the quality of available light, and the situations in which photos are created, are rarely perfect. This is especially true when photographing weddings or portraits on location. So while finding beautiful existing light is every photographer’ s ideal, it isn’ t always possible.This is the point at which photographers tend to reach for a portable, on-camera flash. Indeed, these intense light sources can prove invaluable, but only if you know how to use them effectively. In the hands of an inexperienced photographer, on-camera flash will produce images that look flat and lifeless— images with harsh shadows, washed-out skin tones, cavernous black backgrounds, and other unappealing visual characteristics.In this book, acclaimed wedding and portrait photographer Neil van Niekerk shows you how to avoid the pitfalls photographers new to speedlights often encounter so that you can produce professional images
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