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CreativeLive

Working with Flash

via CreativeLive

Overview

Learn how to achieve professional results during real world shoots, working in less-than-ideal scenes, and with absolutely no time in Working with Flash with Pye Jirsa. 
Pye has lots of experience shooting in high pressure situations with minimal gear. In this class, he’ll teach on-camera flash bounce techniques that you can use to create 1, 2, and even 3 light setups using simple and inexpensive light modifiers. Pye will also help you add motion to your images and he’ll dive into the basics of off-camera flash so you can take advantage of the additional flexibility and creative options it affords. 
Best of all, you are going to learn lighting from the bottom up. You will see just how powerful the gear you already own can be, while learning about inexpensive stepping stones into the world of off-camera flash.

Syllabus

  • Introduction of Working with Flash
  • Reasons to Use Flash
  • Mixing Flash and Ambient Light
  • Understanding Flash Duration
  • Direct Flash Done Right
  • Direct Flash vs Bounce Flash
  • Light Qualities
  • Overhead Bounce Light with Fill
  • Multipoint Lighting with Flash
  • Perfecting Your Images Using OCF
  • Overpowering the Sun with OCF
  • Light Modification and Control with OCF
  • The Whip Pan Technique

Taught by

Pye Jirsa

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