This is the e Book version of the printed book.Syl Arena, author of the bestselling Speedliter's Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites, brings his teaching skill, great writing style, and instructive, beautiful images to this popular Peachpit Press photography series
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The most important aspect of capturing a quality image isn't the camera you use, the aperture settings, the shutter speed, or the ISO-it's the light. With this ebook, you will learn how to enhance the light in your images by using the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS), which allows you to easily take great photos with natural-looking light using a flash either on or off camera.
Light. It's the most transformative tool at any photographer's disposal. Whether the lens is turned to people, wildlife, or landscapes, the creative use of light can often make the difference between a snapshot and a powerful photograph. This instructional video provides a look into one photographer's approach to seeing and using available light.
In Run and Gun: One-Light Solutions for Commercial and Portrait Photographers, photographer Nick Fancher discusses more than 20 one-light photo scenarios and setups for both portraits and product/commercial work, showing finished images as well lighting diagrams as he discusses each photograph. This ebook was written for the photographer who has just picked up a flash and has the ability to trigger it from somewhere other than the top of their camera.
Painting with light is magical. The flashlight is your brush and the scene is your canvas. Imagination and experimentation are your workflow. You control how long the beam strikes the subject, which angle it comes from, the color and softness of the light, and which part of the scene is illuminated. Few other forms of photography allow this level of creativity.
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