Workshop 17: Coins in a Dark Field - Creative Flash Photography [Book]

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Reflections of flowers in dewdrops are pretty, and they’re easy to photograph if you use the right technique

Canon EOS 5D Mark II | EF 24–105mm f/4 set to 24mm and f/5.6 (mounted on an active reversing ring) | M mode | 1/160 second | ISO 320 | JPEG | white balance set to flash | two off-camera flashes set up in parallel at 1/2 output

Workshop 17

Coins in a Dark Field

▸ Producing dark field lighting effects using flash

▸ Emphasizing the patterns in coins using a dark field lighting setup

▸ Exploiting the inverse square law to optimize your lighting

Dark field lighting involves setting up your lights so they graze the side of the subject. This ...

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