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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 27

Making a Rainy Day Sunny

How to “bring the sun” to any shoot.

GEAR NEEDED:

  • Camera + Trigger
  • Medium to long focal length lens (50mm or higher recommended)
  • Off-camera flash
  • 2 Full CTO (color temperature orange) gels
  • Light stand
  • 2 Umbrellas (optional, but probably a good idea)
  • Second off-camera flash and light stand (optional)

GOAL IMAGE

I work in weddings in the Northeast, and it rains like hell all the time. I envy people in California who get 300+ days of sunshine. For me, it feels like we get 300+ of rain (or at least clouds). It’s super depressing. I have a vitamin D lamp for the winter. I call it my happy lamp.

OK, back to photography. The point is that the threat of rain is very real on any given wedding day. My couples dread ...

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ISBN: 9781681985596