Is there an online-tutorial to use flash lightings?

[aurelien_le_duc]

Well, my question is in the title. I would like to use flash lighting

(multiblitz 2*400Ws) but I don't know how and for which result. Do you know a

website that explains all?

 

Thanks

[stephend]

Ones I've read and liked include:

 

http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/viewtechnique.cfm?recid=195

 

http://acg2.fullcoll.edu/FACULTY/mahmood/acg170/Lighting.html

 

http://www.vividlight.com/articles/3311.htm

 

There are a million others on the net. A quick Google should throw up a good number.

 

Cheers,

Stephen

[ellis_vener_photography]

Let me explain everything you need to know about lighting: Set up a light and shoot a

test. Don't like the results? Think about how you'd like it to be improved , change

something (move the light, add a reflector, change the modifier, etc.) and shoot another

test, keep this up until you like what you've got. Once you have the one light where you

want it, add the seconds and repeat. Take notes (visual -- photos and drawings--and

written) about how you got there and about wha tfailed (it might work for another photo

down the road. Don't be afraid to experiment. Don't be afraid to fail.

 

 

I've come to like some of the online tutorials but lighting references are proably still best

done in a book. Here's why I think so: In order to actually learn this stuff you actually have

to use it, having a book open that you can refer to, with stupid music or someone

jabbering makes more sense to me for that. Making good light isn't that hard but it takes

practice, making better ligth takes more effort and builds form your own experience wit

hyour own gear. Good books on lighting tend to be open ended in this way. Yo ugetto

make notes and ttape in your own results. the fixed and static quality is a good thing in

this area.

 

Even better are workshops.

[conraderb]

bonjour monsieur -

 

if you have a digital SLR, then it should be very easy.

 

here is a good place to start:

 

http://www.planetneil.com/faq/flash-techniques.html

 

in a nutshell, the best flash is usually INDIRECT flash. NEVER DIRECT FLASH.

 

going from direct to indirect (bounce/diffused/whatever) flash is 80% of the game. the icing on the cake is learning how to do hairlights, fill flash, side bounced, etc, etc.

[peter_steeper]

<p>I'm fairly new to flash but I'm starting to get much better results now.</p>

 

<p>I have found two sources that have helped a lot:<br>

<a href="http://strobist.blogspot.com/">The Strobist</a><br>

<a href="http://www.dg28.com/">DG28</a></p>

 

<p>Both of these people use small portable flashes for their work and they are very creative with light. It's been a great education. Also I've taken portraits of most of our friends and neighbours as practice. They get a free print and I get models to experiment with. I used to think I had the wrong equipment but it wasn't an equipment problem at all.</p>

[james_conway1]

Since we're collecting these in one thread, let me add the tutorials at Chimera. I stumbled

upon them while researching my new strip light. They are flash based interactive tutorials

where you can turn on and off all the lights in the setup and see what they do.

 

http://www.chimeralighting.com/solutions/lighting_tutorial.cfm

[aurelien_le_duc]

Hi all

 

Thanks a lot for everything. As I work in analog it's dfficult to appreciate the light quality at the same time. So thanks, I'll work :)

[david_zapatka]

Try this link: http://www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop/0905.htm Black is one of the top sports photogs in the US and is eager to share his knowledge through his website teachings. If you have questions for him he's also quick to answer emails. I recently started working with strobes after shooting stills for 30 years and I found his website and online workshopt most helpful.

 

David Zapatka