Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography

Automatic flash technology has revolutionized photography. Originally seen as just a way of illuminating dark scenes with portable light, flash is used today for many creative functions, including supplementing daylight and designing complex scenes lit by multiple light sources. Creating striking or natural-looking images using flash photography can be a difficult artistic and technical challenge. Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography is the authoritative book on the subject, guiding the reader through Canon's Speedlite flash system, off-camera portable flash, and professional studio lighting. Covering the fundamentals of flash metering technology, it discusses key concepts, and documents the features and functions available with EOS gear. Highly illustrated, this book is loaded with examples and diagrams describing important functions and lighting arrangements, and beautiful photographs demonstrating sophisticated flash techniques. Foreword by David Hobby.

Automatic flash technology has revolutionized photography. Originally seen as just a way of illuminating dark scenes with portable light, flash is used today for a host of creative functions, including supplementing daylight and designing complex scenes lit by multiple light sources. But flash photography is also a difficult artistic and technical challenge. It's easy to get that harsh deer-in-the-headlights look from built-in automatic flash, but using electronic flash to create striking or natural-looking images is not as straightforward. Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography will be the authoritative book on the subject, guiding the reader through everything from Canon's Speedlite flash system to off-camera portable flash and professional studio lighting. It begins with the fundamentals of flash metering technology, discusses key concepts, and documents the various features and functions available with EOS gear. It will be illustrated throughout with clear diagrams describing important functions and lighting arrangements, and with quality photographs demonstrating sophisticated flash techniques.

Digital cameras and flash technology have revolutionized photography. Originally seen simply as a way of illuminating dark scenes with portable light, flash today is used for a host of creative functions, including supplementing daylight and designing complex scenes lit by multiple light sources. Digital cameras with their preview screens make it easy to get instant feedback. But flash photography can still be a difficult artistic and technical challenge. It's simple to get that harsh deer-in-the-headlights look from built-in automatic flash, yet creating natural-looking images is not as str Guides the reader through Canon's Speedlite flash system to off-camera portable flash and professional studio lighting. This work begins with the fundamentals of flash metering technology, discusses key concepts, and documents the various features and functions available with EOS gear. "Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography" is an authoritative guide on the subject of automatic flash technology, guiding the reader through everything from Canon's Speedlite flash system to off-camera portable flash and professional studio lighting.