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 R6 II, 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 and point it directly at your subject. In that mode, ...
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