DAY AND NIGHT FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY

 

Models: Two

Date: Sunday May 25th

Time: 4pm - 9pm (finish time approx)

Location: Brisbane CBD (meeting point TBC)

Max Attendees: 15

Cost: $185

 

 

This course is designed to introduce you to the concepts of flash photography and how to use your flash to balance your foreground and background light as well as to create special effects and creative sensitively lit images with a standard speedlight flash gun.

 

Too many people consider flash photography too tricky or difficult to learn or simply don’t bother with flashguns because they consider the light to harsh and glaring. In most instances, hotspots and over exposure through the use of flash is often simply down to a lack of understanding.

 

Properly done, flash photography can be used to create very subtle lighting effects. Also, flash allows you to banish harsh shadows and even shoot harshly backlit subjects. Learning to properly and sensitively use speedlights and flash unchains you from photographing at the whim of the weather, and ambient light levels and allows you to truly take control of your surroundings and your image creation.

 

Training with internationally awarded professional photographer Andrew Jarvie and backed by his 26 years of professional experience, you will receive a balance of theory and 'hands-on' shooting. We will also be joined by two models ensuring that every course participant can spend as much time behind the camera as possible.

 

Course participants will have their own digital SLR or high end compact/mirrorless camera and compatible flash unit and tripod. Those with off camera flash solutions either cable based or wireless triggers can also bring them along for more in-depth learning. Participants must also bring their camera and flash instruction manual with them or notify Andrew in advance if their manuals are lost so pdf versions can be downloaded before the course.

 

All attendees are also invited to join a rapidly growing online community to receive ongoing support and training, share ideas and concepts and take part in fun challenges to encourage them to keep their creative juices flowing.

 

During the session you will learn:

 

• When and how to use your flash in a variety of situations and light levels from full daylight to night

• Banish the shadows forever with a simple guide to using fill flash

• Balancing foreground and background light at night to capture both your subject and your location

• Flash and light painting

• Compensating flash output to achieve proper white balance