Flash Photography with a Speedlight

Overview

“Here I will show you how to use your speedlight in combination with different lighting modifiers to create hard light, soft light, reflected light as well as some lighting setups that you can use in your personal and professional photography.”

In this video lesson Chris Robinson addresses the topic: Creating Different Types of Light, which is part of the Domestika online course: Flash Photography with a Speedlight. Learn how to express yourself as a photographer by using a single light source to create professional images.

Partial transcription of the video

“Now, guys, we're going to look at all of these different modifiers and their effects when we pair them with our flash. The first one that we're going to use is the diffuser dome. what the diffuser dome does, is it obviously, as the name suggests, it diffuses the light, but it diffuses the light 360 degrees. So let's put this on our light and see the effect it gives us. Okay, and Sandra looking right at me. That's a little bit overexposed. And so we're going to make some just a minor adjustment. we can see we're creating a really nice diffused light on the left-hand side of her. That's what ...”

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Course summary for: Flash Photography with a Speedlight

• Level: Beginner
• 93% positive reviews (114)
• 3749 students
• 4 units
• 19 lessons (3h 52m)
• 15 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Capture One

• Areas

  Digital Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Studio Photography