February 2021
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
19h 12m
English
Content preview from David Busch's Nikon Z7 II/Z6 II Guide to Digital Photography
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Wireless and Multiple Flash |
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As I mentioned in the last chapter, one of the chief objections to the use of electronic flash is the stark, flat look of direct/on-camera flash, as you can see in Figure 10.1. But as flash wizard Joe McNally, author of The Hotshoe Diaries, has proven, small flash units can produce amazingly creative images when used properly.
An on-camera flash is useful for fill light or as a master flash to trigger other units; the real key to effective flash photography is to get the flash off the camera, so its illumination can be used to paint your subject in interesting and subtle ways from a variety of angles.
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