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Outdoor flash photography /

Maximizing the power of your camera's flash is difficult enough in a studio set-up, but outdoors literally presents a whole new world of challenges. John Gerlach and Barbara Eddy have taken the most asked about subject from their renowned photography workshops and turned it into this guidebook...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gerlach, John (Autor), Gerlach, Barbara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The focus of this book; Chapter 1 Getting started with flash; Commander or Master; A controllable light source; Use flash effectively; Flash metering and ambient light metering are different systems; Chapter 2 Flash features and controls; Power to the flash!; Flash choices; PC cords; Electronic slaves; Third-party controllers; Customizing the flash; Chapter 3 Becoming in sync with flash sync; The camera's shutter; The shutter and the flash
  • Two sync modes: first-curtain sync and second-curtain syncHigh-speed sync; Review, answers, and more questions; Chapter 4 Flash and ambient light exposure; Guide numbers (GN); Flash metering; Exposure factors of different file types; The Inverse Square Law; Auxiliary flash meters; Chapter 5 Combining flash with ambient light; Effects of camera controls on mixed ambient light and flash; Notes on ways to mix flash and ambient light; Review; Chapter 6 The crucial role of light; Characteristics of light; Contrast; Light is the key; Chapter 7 Fill flash techniques; Fill flash procedure
  • Options for fill flashChapter 8 Main flash; Separating the subject from the background; Manual ambient exposure with TTL flash; Aperture Priority and TTL flash; Our preferred main flash technique; Master and use main flash techniques; Chapter 9 Balanced flash; The ubiquitous butterfly; The northern flicker; Reviewing the flash modes; A tree in the sunrise; Chapter 10 Flash in the landscape; The misery of meager flash; Tactics for lighting the landscape with flash; Multiple exposure allows greatly increased flash output; Use combinations to get the light you need!; Chapter 11 Multiple flash
  • Methods for firing multiple flash setupsAnnoying optical system nuisances; Flash stands; Flash groups and lighting ratios; Working with lighting ratios; Lighting schemes; Light modification; Chapter 12 Close-up flash; A little history; Single flash bracket; Equipment ideas; Using macro flash setups and black backgrounds; Chapter 13 Hummingbirds with high-speed flash; What shutter speed freezes hummingbird wings?; Attracting hummingbirds; Equipment; Focusing; Poses; Cameras; Does one need a blind?; Setting up the flashes; Do flashes harm the hummingbirds?; The beauty of wing motion
  • How quickly can you shoot?Chapter 14 Important flash-related websites; Index