Flash Photography and Artificial Lighting for Beginners
What is Flash and how does it work?
A course by Zony Maya , Photographer
About the video: What is Flash and how does it work?
Overview
“Now let's get to know our star tool: The flash.”
In this video lesson Zony Maya addresses the topic: What is Flash and how does it work?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Flash Photography and Artificial Lighting for Beginners. Learn low-cost lighting techniques for indoor photography.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, now that we've seen what is the lighting about, the seven types of lighting you should know, It's time to start knowing what is the flash, which is our star today. Well, here we have a hand flash. And just the flash is a light which is not continuous, it is a discontinuous light or a flash light. And this light helps us to have light where it does not exist. Many times when it is day, we have light all the time or when we get to a house, we can turn on the lights. But what happens when we are in the middle of the forest or we are right at our house and the light we have is not enough ...”
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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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