Everything you need to know to start flash photography in 2 days!

The duration of the courses are approximately 4-5 hours/day.

On the first day we start with a fun photo quiz, and discuss all the technical details of light, cameras and flashes.

On the second day we explore the creative possibilities of flash photography.

The instructor runs the program on a Keynote presentation with demo type live shoots.

Main topics:

- Photo quiz!

- The 4 ways of controlling the exposure

- The importance of assistance

-The 4 basic steps of flash photography

- How to control ambient light?

- Properties of the flash light

- What is a "Stop"?

- What can a flash do? (settings, functions)

- What is flash sync?

- Flash duration vs. High Speed Sync vs. ND filters

- What is the point of the Inverse Square Law?

- What is light depth of field?

- Creating dimensionality with shadows & highlights

- Naming the lights by their directions

- Naming the lights by their functions

- The importance of the size of the light

- The 3 kinds of fill: passive, active, negative

- Essential and creative light shapers (types & functions)

-Using multiple flashes. How to build a set?

- Changing the color of the light: Gels

- Tricks to manipulate the white balance