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David Busch's Canon EOS RP Guide to Digital Photography
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David Busch's Canon EOS RP Guide to Digital Photography

by David D. Busch
June 2019
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
496 pages
14h 22m
English
Rocky Nook
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9

Electronic Flash Basics

Until you delve into the situation deeply enough, it might appear that serious photographers have a love/hate relationship with electronic flash. You’ll often hear that flash photography is less natural looking, and that the built-in flash in most cameras should never be used as the primary source of illumination because it provides a harsh, garish look. Indeed, many advanced cameras like the Canon EOS RP don’t have a built-in flash at all. Available (“continuous”) lighting is praised, and built-in flash photography seems to be roundly denounced.

In truth, however, the bias is against bad flash photography, the kind produced when you clamp a flash on top of the camera (as shown in Figure 9.1) and point it directly ...

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ISBN: 9781681985251