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Digital SLR Photography All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition
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Digital SLR Photography All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Robert Correll
November 2020
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
17h 20m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 3

Using an External Flash and Accessories

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Examining a typical external flash

Bullet Attaching and removing an external flash

Bullet Configuring the flash

Bullet Exploring external flash techniques

As good as built-in pop-up flashes are, they have some limitations. They’re attached to your camera and shoot directly ahead at a constant angle. You can't tilt or swivel them. Longer lenses sometimes get in the way and cast shadows. An external flash mounts to the top of your camera and solves these problems along with adding other impressive features. In doing so, an external flash opens a world of other creative lighting possibilities.

Although the built-in flash is certainly better than nothing, if you're interested in upping your game and using an external flash, this chapter is for you. I show you what an external flash looks like, what the parts are, and how to attach and remove it from your camera. I discuss various accessories and then finish with a number of different techniques that will make your flash photos better. If I hadn’t written this chapter, I would be reading it! ...

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