On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography

On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography
by Neil van Niekerk

On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography
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Author: Neil van Niekerk
Brand: Amherst Media
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-08-01
ISBN: 1584282584
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.

Book Reviews of On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography

Book Review: My new favorite in my extensive photography book library
Summary: 5 Stars

Background (you can skip)
Since so many reviews have already been written about this book I will keep this brief with my personal reasons why this book is so useful. I have bought TONS of photography books (at least 35), always looking for useful tips to get that pro look to my photos and extort Oooh's and Aaaah's from people looking at my collection. Lighting has always been my downfall, since I cannot seem to get the contrast, shadows, directions etc right. I bought expensive soft boxes and strobes and yet never learned to properly use them, even with all the books at hand. So I have been steadily looking for books that could give me good useful instruction on how to create positive results that would fuel inspiration (success is great fuel)!! I tried some of the books my pro friends recommended. like Light, science & Magic and found that those were too advanced and required too much skill / experience with some of the equipment (like strobes) to be the best start. And then I found this little 20 dollar lesson.

About this book
There are a few things that many photography books do that do not work for me:
- The are THICK, I mean endless pages going through basics about cameras that I do not need, forcing me to spend too much time reading, which I do not have
- They often assume deep wallets, ie. access to expensive equipment
- They often assume everyone wants to be a pro-sumer / semi-pro, whereas what I wanted was just darn good looking pictures without excessive knowledge I will rarely use
- Most of all, they assume you have tons of space and great lighting equipment.

My reality is: I am a father of many kids, I have a busy busy life. I rarely have time to go shoot outdoors. Mostly I take pictures indoors and often in the evenings, but rarely in studio conditions. In fact, my house is cramped so I cannot set up backgrounds and strobes very easily nor do I enjoy it.
Reading is something I enjoy with novels, not with photography or instruction books.

Here are the reasons why I think this book excels:
- It is thin and to the point
- I think it immediately gives you USABLE, applicable instructions to take good looking photos, augmented by flash
- It understands that not all of us have strobes, studio space and enormous soft boxes.
- It focuses on flash photography albeit indoors or outdoors, augmenting natural light or being the main source.
- It teaches quickly and efficiently

The negative(s):
- The first 10 pages are generic detailed scientific explanations of reflection and lighting. Tough material, but after that it gets applied!!
- The actual size of the book: it should have been in a little smaller format as this is one you'd want to carry with you.

Overall worth EVERY penny you pay for it.

Summary of On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography

With this guidebook, photographers learn how to create stunning, professional images while avoiding the common pitfalls of using an on-camera flash. Techniques for using simple accessories?such as bounce cards and diffusers as well as how to improve a lighting scenario by enhancing it rather than overwhelming it?show photographers how to master this challenging aspect of portraiture. For wedding and environmental portrait photographers who must work in ever-changing lighting scenarios, executing these tips to evade flat, lifeless images with harsh shadows, washed-out skin tones, cavernous black backgrounds, and other unappealing visual characteristics results in not only better images, but happier clients and more sales.

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