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Creative Flash Photography
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Creative Flash Photography

by Tilo Gockel
December 2014
Beginner
304 pages
8h 47m
English
Rocky Nook
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Sparkling light produced with a single off-camera flash creates a tantalizing food image

Canon EOS Rebel T1i (EOS 500D) | EF 50mm f/1.8 II set to f/5.6 | M mode | 1/125 second | ISO 100 | RAW | white balance set to flash | off-camera flash from the right, aimed past the subject at a Styrofoam reflector (left) with two additional reflectors (right and front)

Workshop 30

Backlit Fruit

Setting up a transparent, backlit scene

How to disperse flash

The transparent, backlit look is popular in advertising and is often used to photograph fruit and other foods. This technique looks great and is easy to set up. You might consider using a light table ...

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ISBN: 9781457188800