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The Off-Camera Flash Handbook
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The Off-Camera Flash Handbook

by Vanessa Joy
January 2020
Beginner to intermediate
296 pages
8h 21m
English
Rocky Nook
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SCENARIO 23

Event Bounce Flash

My go-to method for lighting events.

GEAR NEEDED:

  • Camera + Trigger
  • Lens of a focal length
  • On-camera flash
  • 1 or more off-camera flashes
  • 1 or more light stands
  • 1 or more grid

GOAL IMAGE

I almost didn’t write about my event (wedding) lighting system because truthfully, I shoot with my speedlight on camera at almost all costs. After all, this book is all about off-camera flash, right? Well, the concepts regarding flash are the same whether it’s on or off the camera. It’s simply the light direction that changes (Figure 23.1).

I use bounce flash at receptions if it’s at all possible. I prefer this because I can move anywhere and take a photo. Some events are in separate rooms, and I can’t have lights set up in every ...

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ISBN: 9781681985596