How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

[glider64]

I`m basically rubbish at flash photography and was wondering if there is an online guide to improving or a book one of you guys can recommend? many thanks Harvey

[paulr5604]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

I can't recommend any books, however I just search the internet and watch youtube videos. The main thing is practise and trying different positions for the flashes.

[celtex]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

Brilliant book for canon speedlite system by Syl Arena just look on Amazon (one with boy smashing pumpkins on front). Plus loads of strobe and flash tutorials on YouTube by adorama and many others

[S_J_P]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

A second recommendation for Syl Arena's Speedliters Handbook, the best £16 I ever spent on photography.

[wayne2418]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

A second recommendation for Syl Arena's Speedliters Handbook, the best £16 I ever spent on photography.

Yep me too ..its really good

[Cyberman]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

Good tip, I will check that out too.

[mikep]

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(one with boy smashing pumpkins on front).

As a point of interest... the 'boy' on the front is a member of a group group 'The Smashing Pumpkins'... hence the cover shot!

Another vote from me for Syl Arena's book, excellent.

Hope you get to grips with it soon! Well worth the practice.

Mike

[glider64]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

Thanks for all the replies

[DenisV]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

Read the flash book from photonotes.org and strobist.com 101. Practice.

[djguk47]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

Another for Syl Arena's book and also for Smashing Pumkins... good band

[celtex]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

As a point of interest... the 'boy' on the front is a member of a group group 'The Smashing Pumpkins'... hence the cover shot!

Another vote from me for Syl Arena's book, excellent.

Hope you get to grips with it soon! Well worth the practice.

Mike

Er, sorry Mike, the boy on the cover is Syl's eldest Son, Vin, (I only know because it says so in the book, page 323) - might be wrong but don't think he has anything to do with the group

Ian

[colin.smith18]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

I'm glad I read this series of replies before I posted. I've just been given a second hand Speedlite 430EX and the manual and all the terminology confuses me so I'd like to read something that explains second curtain sync and all the other odd terms I don't understand.

Looks like the Syl Arena book is the one to help although has anyone used the "Canon Speedlite System Digital Field Guide" by M Corsentino?

[Columbarius]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

I recommend that you buy the hardcopy and not the Kindle version. On the Kindle the pictures are somewhat dissociated from the text, and can't be zoomed. Also some of the text characters e.g. 1/1000 are an image which again can't be zoomed so my poor old eyes can't really read what it says.

[DeeGee]

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Sometime reading doesn't work for me and I have to "see" the how to.

This is what made it click for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zlvVBDKbhI

[colin.smith18]

Re: How to improve my flash phtotgraphy

Thanks for the tip Columbarius and DeeGee - this looks like a very good resource on YouTube. A timely suggestion as I was just trying to understand second curtain last night and wondering when I would use it.