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Shoot to Thrill : Speedlight Flash Techniques for Photographers by Michael Mowbray is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Shoot to Thrill : Speedlight Flash Techniques for Photographers about?

For decades, professional photographers have been using large, expensive studio lighting setups for their shoots. While powerful and effective, they have certain limitations. A new generation of photographers has embraced speedlights, battery powered flashes that can mount on your camera or be triggered remotely. After years of using studio lights, Michael Mowbray switched over to speedlights. He started gradually but soon realized he could shoot nearly everything with speedlights. Specializing in wedding and senior portraits, Mowbray found freedom and renewed creativity with these lights. As he states in the introduction, he no longer chases light, he creates it. The book begins by outlining the core concepts for using speedlights as a primary light source. Knowing how light works allows you to control it. The same goes for your camera. Understanding how the flash and the camera interact using the camera’s metering system is the center of Mowray’s speedlight technique. It’s also important to understand how your camera and flashes communicate while they aren’t attached to one another. The ability to have remote flashes tucked into unique places for a shoot opens up the lighting opt

Author

Michael Mowbray

Publisher

Amherst Media, Incorporated

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781608956920

Subjects

Technology, Arts