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1: FLASH!
2: Flash example 1
3: Flash example 2
4: Flash example 3
5: Flash example 4
6: Flash example 5
7: Flash example 6
8: Improving Natural Light (No Flash)
9: Improving Natural Light (Fill Flash)
10: Creativity Seeing Things Differently
11: Freeze Motion (Six Manual Flash Heads)
12: Black-chinned Hummingbird
13: Broad-tailed Hummingbird
14: Rufous Hummingbird
15: Broad-billed Hummingbird
16: and ...
17: What We'll Cover Today
18: Part 1 Flash Basics
19: How Far Will My Flash Reach?"
20: Light Falloff
21: The Inverse Square Law
22: Guide Numbers
23: TTL Flash
24: The Features to Look For
25: Caveats with TTL Flash
26: Elf Owl at night
27: Part 2 Fill Flash
28: Flash Tip:
29: Eliminate Shadows with Fill Flash
30: Late Afternoon Sidelight & Backlight
31: Flash Extender, Fill Flash, 300/2.8 + 2X
32: Foraging Laughing Gulls, Deep Shadows
33: Fill Flash, Flash Extender, 300/2.8 + 2X
34: Eggs on Tongue Frozen by Flash
35: Backlit Subject No Flash
36: Flash Tip: Balance Foreground, Background
37: Fill Flash -2
38: Flash Tip for Canon EOS Users
39: Flash Tip for Nikon Users
40: Flash Exposure
41: Why not shutter speed??
42: What is Sync Speed?
43: Example 1: Speed = 1 Second
44: Example 2: Speed = 1/1000 Sec.
45: What is Maximum Sync Speed?
46: First Curtain Sync
47: Normal (First Curtain) Sync
48: "Second Curtain"/"Rear Curtain" Sync
49: The Problem of Sync Speed
50: High-Speed Sync
51: Sidelight No Fill
52: Sidelight Fill at TTL -1
53: High Speed Sync Mode Fill -1, f/2.8
54: High Speed Sync Mode Fill -1, f/2.8
55: Flash Tip:
56: Yellow Wagtail with fill flash - Nome, AK
57: Bar-tailed Godwit with fill flash - Nome, AK
58: Part 3 Equipment Options
59: John Shaw on equipment:
60: MOVE IT!!!
61: Off-camera Flash
62: Off-camera Shoe Cord
63: Connectors for Multiple Off-camera Flash
64: Wireless Multiple Off-camera Flash
65: Flash Tip:
66: The Visual Echoes Flash Extender
67: Putting the Flash Extender on a Flash
68: Flash Brackets For Telephoto & Macro
69: Collar lenses can be rotated, and the flash stays upright.
70: Lift Your Flashes to New Heights!
71: Power to the People!
72: Alkaline Batteries
73: Nickel Metal Hydride
74: Lithium Batteries
75: The High-Voltage Advantage
76: High Voltage External Battery
77: Flash Recycle Times
78: Total Flashes
79: Battery Weights
80: Quantum High-Voltage Packs
81: Part 4 Macro and the Outdoor Studio
82: Edward Weston:
83: Tabletop
84: Advantages of Flash for Macro
85: Flash Tip: Use a Light Modifier
86: A Micro Softbox for Your Hotshoe Flash
87: Two TTL Flashes, Diffusers, 108/3.5 Macro
88: Controlled Conditions
89: What Can We Learn from Portrait Photographers?
90: Various Clamps & Arms for Mounting
91: Flash for macro stop-action
92: Flash for captive mouse
93: Studio flash for captive snake
94: Studio flash for captive gecko
95: Stop action flash for Horned Lizard
96: The Digital Advantage
97: Consider Studio Flash Indoors
98: Part 5 Hummingbirds
99: What You'll Need
100: Broad-billed Hummingbird
101: Step Into the Outdoor Studio
102: Four Hotshoe Flashes
103: How Fast is Fast?
104: Freezing Motion: Putting the Flash! in Flash
105: Flash Tip: Turn Your Hotshoe Flash into a High-Speed Flash
106: Controlling Flash Output and Duration
107: Low Power = Low Duration
108: How a Flash Works
109: Non-dedicated flash units are economical for hummingbirds
110: Vivitar 283 + VP-1 Vari-Power Module
111: Add a Wein Peanut slave
112: Lightstands for Support
113: Mini Ballheads for Holding Strobes
114: Flowers positioned in front of the feeder
115: From the camera, the feeder is hidden.
116: Using a Flash Meter
117: Combination Flash/Ambient Meter
118: Meter the light level where the bird will be
119: Set up the Background
120: You photograph the bird "visiting flowers."
121: Make Friends with a Hummingbird!
122: Angle of the iridescent gorget is critical.
123: Position lights close to the lens axis.
124: www.RPPHOTO.com
125: Violet-crowned Hummingbird
126: Hummingbirds of Costa Rica
127: The End