What The Flash | The Evolution of Light

Master off-camera flash photography to create stunning light effects in any setting. Learn techniques for consistent exposures and beautiful portraits.

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Brief Summary

Get ready to transform your photography with off-camera flash techniques! This course dives into mastering light, using multiple flashes, and understanding your camera. You'll learn to create stunning photos in any lighting situation. Perfect for beginners and passionate photographers alike!

Key Points

  • Mastering on-camera flash for consistent exposures.
  • Using off-camera flash for beautiful lighting anywhere.
  • Leveraging multiple wireless flashes for group and portrait photography.
  • Understanding your digital SLR's features and settings.
  • The importance of light in photography.

Learning Outcomes

  • Become proficient in using on-camera flash effectively.
  • Create beautiful light using off-camera flash techniques.
  • Learn to utilize multiple wireless flashes for better results.
  • Gain a solid grasp of your digital SLR's functionalities.
  • Understand the critical role of light color and intensity in photography.

About This Course

Creating the light you want with off-camera flash photography. Learn the art of using off camera flash.

Outline of the off camera flash photography class:

1.  How to become proficient at using one on-camera flash getting consistent exposures & good quality of light.

2.  Get that flash off-camera & see how learning off camera flash techniques can help you create beautiful light anywhere, no excuses.

3.  Learning to use multiple wireless flash to create the light you want anywhere, anytime & get consistent results.  Your group & formal portraits will begin to shine once you've mastered usingoff camera flash techniques.

4.  Review the high level features & controls of your digital SLR, modes, autofocus, LCD review screen, White balance, pictures styles, etc.

Start learning off camera flash photography today.

  • Lighting is easily the most important aspect of photography. I would even go as far as saying that lighting is photography: It is even in the word itself; "Photography" is greek for "Light Drawing", or "drawing with light". Without light, you cannot take photos. It is perfectly possible to take amazing photographs with a very simple camera - as long as the lighting is good. The opposite is true as well: If you are taking photos in a situation where the lighting is truly appalling, having the fanciest, most expensive camera in the world isn't going to help you capture the photographs you want. Become a seeker of light! The most important thing we have to do is to learn how to "see the light". A lot of things will affect what the effects of a light source are, and how your photos are affected by said source. The brightness (or 'intensity') of the light source plays an important role, but, as we will explore in depth in the next chapter, is a lot less important than you might think. The color of light is essential - and some of the biggest challenges you'll meet in photography are the issues that arise when you start mixing different light sources. Sunlight, for example, has a drastically different color from the light that comes from your flash, the light that comes from car headlights, or the light in your house. While it can be incredibly difficult to get your photos to look "right", light sources of different colors offer an opportunity too. With the right mixture of types and colors of light, you can achieve some beautiful creative effects that will make your photos really 'pop'. During the class we are going to through the evolution of light using small Speedlites, direct flash, bounce flash, multiple wireless remote flash, and creating studio quality light anywhere, anytime.

Course Curriculum

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Bob Davis

Dawn & I are an international wedding photography and design, husband and wife team based in Chicagoland. We have had the privilege of covering celebrity weddings and speaking at photography conferences/workshops worldwide, but that's not what defines us. We are passionate about our faith, marriage, family, and making the best of our lives. We are blessed to have been given...

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Whenzcy Villanueva
Whenzcy V.
4.5
7 years ago

Good

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ui-avatar of Chris Mollitor
Chris M.
5.0
7 years ago

Bob does a nice job in explaining what he is trying to accomplish, and the means to get it done.
This is well worth the time to watch.

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ui-avatar of Jermaine Pulley
Jermaine P.
5.0
7 years ago

The course is very good. I do wish there was some kind of assignments or quizzes.

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ui-avatar of Kjell Pettersson
Kjell P.
5.0
7 years ago

I like Bob Davis as instrukter very much.

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ui-avatar of Richard Ryan
Richard R.
3.0
8 years ago

It seems a bit basic, why talk about using phone camera's and point and shoots when the class is called what the flash.

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ui-avatar of Omer Vautour
Omer V.
5.0
8 years ago

The information is imparted at a good rate of speed with clear explanations of each topic.

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Ryan G.
5.0
9 years ago

I have watched this video along with actually sitting in on a platform class with Bob and this is just the greatest class.

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ui-avatar of Nimrod Pascal
Nimrod P.
3.0
11 years ago

this course was good but it should of been geared towards beginners. some of us don't have money to buy everything you had. you should of focused more on what everybody could relate to from beginner to advanced photographer who still needs help.

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Linda R.
5.0
11 years ago

I really enjoyed the coarse and as a novice feel that it covers from beginner to professional. Bob does a wonderful job, patiently and clearly explaining and demonstrating so that it is comprehensive to the layman. There is a lot of information, so the ability to review the coarse again will be utilized. Even though I don't see myself investing in all of the equipment used at a professional level, some of the equipment and the concepts taught will help me tremendously. Bob really comes across as wanting to share his knowledge, experience and enthusiasm, which is inspiring me to practice what he preaches. Thank you, Bob. I hope you continue to do these types of courses.

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Katrina M. P.
5.0
11 years ago

I have not been able to get back to this great course due to us using what I have learned so far on a couple of wedding first of this year. We went from 4 bookings to over 30 bookings in less than 2 months. All I can say is thanks Bob, I am trying to find the time to finish up the course but with weddings every weekend and we self edit, but with this course it has diminished greatly. The downside for us is we are located in the UK, and flash here is outlawed in 99% ceremonies so we are trying to adapt what we have learned so far to LED light panels.

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