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. 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 by direct flash, which results when you pop up the R10’s builtin flash (see Figure 9.1), or clamp an external flash on top of the camera and point it directly at your subject. ...
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