Workshop 2

That Sunny Feeling

Using off-camera TTL flash with a TTL flash cable

How to use a softbox with flash

All about dragging the shutter

If you need a classy-looking location on a dull day, try renting a room in a boutique hotel. Some hotels even allow you to shoot in the lobby if you don’t use too much equipment or take up too much space. The friendly management at The Pure in Frankfurt, Germany, allowed me to do just that, and you can check out the results on the next few pages. I created the sunny look of the photos entirely with flash and slight alterations to the white balance. This workshop shows that flash doesn’t have to look cold and hard.

My flash2softbox that I used with a Canon Speedlite 430EX II TTL flash, a Yongnuo ...

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