Introduction
What you'll learn in this course
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Which Speedlites are covered and their differences
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1. An Overview of Speedlites
Why use a Speedlite over a built-in flash?
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Comparing Speedlites to strobes
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2. Quick Start
Connecting a Speedlite to your camera
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Powering on your Speedlite and choosing the right batteries
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Choosing the right camera mode for your Speedlite
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Changing the Speedlite mode and brightness
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Speedlite menus and controls
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Understanding the ready light
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What are these other things in the box?
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3. Taking Control of a Speedlite
How to control your Speedlite on your camera's LCD
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Choosing the right flash modes
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What is sync speed and how do I adjust it?
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When to use Manual mode and how to control it
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4. Controlling and Shaping the Light
Creating soft light
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Creating hard light
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Using flash modifiers on the camera
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Controlling the color of light
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Changing between first-curtain, second-curtain, and high-speed sync modes
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Demonstration: Speedlite on the camera
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Demonstration: Using modifiers on the camera
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Demonstration: Using first-curtain, second-curtain, and high-speed sync
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5. The Camera as Commander
How to find Commander mode and making a shortcut
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Changing the mode, channel, group, and power settings
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Using the ST-E2 transmitter
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Using the ST-E3-RT transmitter
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Activating wireless slave mode on Speedlites
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6. Using Off-Camera Flash
Line-of-sight discussion
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Positioning the flash off camera
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Balancing the color of your Speedlites
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How to choose off-camera flash modifiers
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Off-camera flash demo
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7. Shooting with Speedlites and Workflow Tips
Slowing down
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Controlling power and extending battery life
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Cheating the line of sight on your flash
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Controlling ambient light
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Using Speedlites with third-party radio triggers
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