Flash Photography and Artificial Lighting for Beginners
Course final project
A course by Zony Maya , Photographer
About the final project for: Flash Photography and Artificial Lighting for Beginners
Lighting with handheld flash for beginners
“We arrived at the end of the course! I hope you enjoyed it and find in the flash a great tool for your photographs. Take all the necessary photos, until you feel confident with the flash and very happy with the result. Remember that for your final project, you will have to take a photo with flash, using different modifiers, because after practicing so much, you will be an expert in the subject and you will achieve incredible results. I hope to see every photo in the forum so that we can get feedback. Much success and may the light be with you! ”
Partial transcription of the video
“Before finishing, I will make a brief summary of what we saw in the course. First we knew the differences between flash and continuous light. And we saw how the light travels and how it bounces in different parts. Then we saw the characteristics of the hard light and the diffuse and the seven types of lighting that every photographer should know. Then we went into the world of flash. We know how it works and its recycling time. We know what is the synchrony speed and what is our camera with the flash. Next we saw how to use our flash in manual mode, multiflash mode and TTL mode to then take...”
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Course summary for: Flash Photography and Artificial Lighting for Beginners
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Areas
Interior Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography

Zony Maya
A course by Zony Maya
Zony Maya is a Mexican photographer and visual artist. He has a degree in communication from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Escuela Activa de Fotografía, and la Academia de Artes Visuales, and is passionate about using photography and video to create his projects.
He received a FONCA grant and a Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship as well as a master's degree in photography, video, and media from the School of Visual Arts New York. His work has been exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Manifesta 11 European Biennial of Contemporary Art in Switzerland, and the XIII Bienal de Fotografía at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico.
He has collaborated with brands such as Nestlé, Bimbo, Puma, GNP, and Palacio de Hierro, along with publications such as National Geographic, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Glamour, and Gatopardo. He currently shares his knowledge through workshops and conferences in different countries across America, Asia, and the Middle East. He is also an ambassador for Canon and founder of the Maya-Barrón Scholarship.
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