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Tips and Techniques


Flash Slides:

Flash for Nature Photographers

Light Falloff

How Far Will My Flash Reach?"

The Inverse Square Law

Guide Numbers

Guide Nos. for Canon 550EX

Example

TTL Flash

The Features to Look For

Caveats with TTL Flash

Fill Flash—Mixing Flash and Daylight

Late Afternoon — Sidelight and Backlight

Flash Extender, Fill Flash, 300/2.8 + 2X

Backlit Subject — No Flash

Backlit Subject — Add Fill Flash

Backlit Subject — Not Completely Dark

Flash Exposure

Why not shutter speed??

Eliminate Shadows with Fill Flash

What is Sync Speed?

Example 1: Speed = 1 Second

Example 2: Speed = 1/1000 Sec.

What is Maximum Sync Speed?

First Curtain Sync

Normal (First Curtain) Sync

Second Curtain Sync

The Problem of Sync Speed

High Speed Sync

Sidelight — Fill at TTL -1

High Speed Sync Mode — Fill -1, f/2.8

Sidelight, No Fill Flash

Fill flash, 300/2.8 + 2X + 25mm ext. tube

Foraging Laughing Gulls, Deep Shadows

Fill Flash, Flash Extender, 300/2.8 + 2X

Slide 80

MOVE IT!!!

Off-camera Flash

Off-camera Shoe Cord

Connectors for Multiple Off-camera Flash

Wireless Multiple Off-camera Flash

Flash Brackets — For Telephoto and Macro

Collar lenses can be rotated, and the flash stays upright.

The Better Beamer Flash Extender

Putting the Better Beamer on a Flash

Lift Your Flashes to New Heights!

A Micro Softbox for Your Hotshoe Flash

Alkaline Batteries

Nickel Metal Hydride

Lithium Batteries

The High-Voltage Advantage

High Voltage External Battery

Flash Recycle Times

Total Flashes

Battery Weights

Tabletop

What Can We Learn from Portrait Photographers?

Various Clamps and Arms for Mounting

Consider Studio Flash Indoors

Using a Flash Meter

Combination Flash/Ambient Meter

Step Into the Outdoor Studio

Broad-billed Hummingbird

How a Flash Works

How Fast is Fast?

Controlling Flash Output — and Duration

Low Power = Low Duration

Four Hotshoe Flashes

Non-dedicated flash units are economical for hummingbirds

Vivitar 283 + VP-1 Vari-Power Module

Add a Wein Peanut slave

Mini Ballheads for Holding Strobes

Flowers positioned in front of the feeder

From the camera, the feeder is hidden.

Meter where the bird will be.

You photograph the bird "visiting flowers."

Angle of the iridescent gorget is critical.

Position lights close to the lens axis.