The Speedlight Studio

In this book, Michael Mowbray shows readers how to set up a completely speedlight-based portrait photography studio. He goes in depth regarding gear and techniques, providing photographers with scores of example portraits and lighting diagrams to make it easy to follow along and replicate the portrait lighting effects that he shows. Readers will learn about selecting speedlights (Mowbray covers Canon, Nikon, and third-party units), learning standard operations, and working with the units on the camera's hot shoe (a connectivity device on top of the camera) or in the periphery for more flexible.

Cover; Title Page; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1. Understanding Speedlights; The World of Speedlights; The Pluses and Minuses of Speedlights; 2. Manual Mode: The Basic Way to Start; Light Meters; The Metering Mode; Camera Exposure Settings; Flash-Sync Speed; ISO Setting; Aperture; Proper Exposures; 3. TTL: A Different Way of Working with Speedlights; How TTL Works; Making a TTL Exposure; TTL in Practice; High-Speed Sync for Shallow Depth of Field; Deep Depth of Field; Communicate TTL to Off-Camera Flash; 4. Free-Range Speedlights; Corded Remote Flash; The Quick List.

The TerminologyPC Cords; TTL Cords; Optical Slaves; Optical Sensors, Part 2: Infrared TTL; Simple Manual Radio Systems; Advanced Manual Radio Systems; RadioPopper Jrx System; Godox/Neewer 850 and FT-16s Systems; High Speed Flash Sync with the Neewer 850; Advanced TTL Radio System; RadioPopper PX; PocketWizard FlexTT5; Phottix Odin Mitros+ Flash; YongNuo; Read Reviews and Check the Specs; 5. Flash Modification; Flash Zoom; How It Works; Zoom Levels; Zoom as a Creative Tool; Hard Light or Soft Light?; 1. Use Bare Flash to Match Other Hard Light Sources; 2. Modify the Flash for a Softer Effect.

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