Introduction
Take your flash photography to the next level
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Natural light vs. flash
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What you need for this course
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Why strobes instead of continuous light?
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1. How to Think About Light
How to learn lighting
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Light spread with a handheld flash
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Light spread with a studio strobe
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Falloff, part 1
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Falloff, part 2
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See like a light
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Understand light bounce
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2. The Aesthetics of Lighting
Learn lighting from existing photos
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Two approaches to conceiving lighting
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Decode lighting
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3. How to Use a Flash Meter
Control the power of a studio strobe
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Light meter basics
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4. Bare Lights, Reflectors, and Flats
Bouncing bare flash
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Simulate sunlight
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Simulate sunlight with shadows
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Bare strobes to eliminate background
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5. Softboxes and Umbrellas
Diffusion defined
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Umbrellas
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Softboxes
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6. Real-World Lighting
Simple beauty lighting, part 1
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Simple beauty lighting, part 2
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Calculate and use lighting ratios
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Light for a scene: Paparazzi
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Light for a scene: Writer's block
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Light for a scene: A good day, part 1
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Light for a scene: A good day, part 2
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Flash duration
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Freeze motion
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7. Buy a Flash or Strobe
Questions to answer
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What's the difference?
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8. Shop for a Flash
Anatomy of a handheld flash
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Compatibility and triggers
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Flash power
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Flash features
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9. Shop for Studio Strobes
What is a studio strobe?
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Strobes power
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Specifics
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Triggers
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Features and price
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Modifiers and speed rings
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Low-power strobes
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