Off-camera flash

By Rod Deutschmann

Subjects: Photography, flash-light, creative, flashes, camera flash, flash, light, manual control, light funnel, PHOTOGRAPHY, camera, adding light, shutter, Electronic flash photography, photography, Lighting, neutral density, shutter speed, sync, flash photographer, Fine Arts, white photography, red filter, Techniques, flash photography, photographer, image

Description: Professionals and advanced-level amateurs seeking to push the envelope and enhance the creativity of their shots are shown how to add mood and manipulate color in their images with this guide. Using a technique known as off-camera flash, digital photographers discover how to alter a viewer's perception through the use of shadows to mask certain details or to draw attention to a specific feature with a simple beam of light. From a survey of the gear required to create these effects and a detailed description of how the basic techniques are executed to more challenging instruction such as close-