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Photography & Video Photography Tools Photography

Flash Photography - The Off-Camera Flash Ultimate Course

Learn off camera flash techniques to take your photography to the next level
Rating: 4.1 out of 54.1 (8 ratings)
41 students
Created by Aaron Linsdau
Last updated 5/2020
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • Off-camera flash photography
  • Managing lighting
  • Understanding different flash triggers
  • How to correct reverse streaking in night shots
  • Fundamentals of lighting positions
  • How to deal with challenging lighting situations
  • Overpowering the sun techniques
  • How to improve midday shots with your flash
  • Make dramatic images of mundane objects for posterity
  • Shifting image and flash color for artistic effects
  • How to use manual mode
  • What settings work and which ones don't

Requirements

  • A willingness to learn new concepts
  • A modern digital camera and an external flash

Description

“Thank you for sharing your experience and expanding my horizons”

—Piper H., Jackson Hole

You will learn the concepts and fundamentals of off-camera flash photography in this course. You’ll see what it takes to make interesting portraits. You’ll also see how to use lighting to change mundane objects into something interesting to look at. The class is comprehensive but easy-to-follow. You’ll be able to practice the techniques using the settings presented in the class.

In this class, you will learn:

  • Different flash types and their value

  • How to create professional stop motion images

  • How to trigger your flash using different tools

  • What light modifiers are and how they can improve your shots

  • Advanced techniques to create dramatic shots in the day and night

  • How to overpower the sun and get good shots in tough conditions

  • To create motion streaks and how to make them appear the way you want them.

"I thought my color was spot on with my professional Canon camera. After taking your class, I saw there was a lot more to learn."

—Loren N., professional photographer

Improve your images to levels beyond your imagination

This course will take you into the realm of manual shooting. In order to get the most out of your off-camera flash, the best way is to go with manual. Professionals almost always use manual mode in the studio and where they need complete control. You’ll gain more consistent exposures and make images that are impossible in manual mode.

Follow the instructor in and out of the studio, learning as you go. You’ll be able to use the settings he shares and try them on your own. You’ll learn the various aspects of exposure as it relates to external lighting.

Designed for beginners who want professional results

This is for aspiring professionals and anyone who wants their photographs to stand out from the crowd. There are no computer requirements in this course. You will be spending nearly all of your time with your camera and flashes in this course.

Who this course is for:

  • Photographers who want to dramatically increase their photography skills

  • Beginners who are familiar with their camera and who own a Speedlight, external flash, or strobe

  • This course is relaxed and bite-sized. It's broken down into small skills that won't overwhelm you.

Aaron Linsdau Learning: Skills. Fast.

Who this course is for:

  • Students interested in improving their photography
  • Photographers ready to learn off-camera flash photography
  • Students with a Speedlight, strobe, or external flash to learn with

Course content

12 sections • 46 lectures • 1h 30m total length

  • Preview01:08
  • Preview01:04
  • Preview00:38

  • Preview00:56
  • How Will You Create "Wow" Images
    00:42
  • Flash and Strobe Safety
    01:42

  • Section Overview
    00:51
  • Equipment Overview
    01:32
  • Preview01:47
  • The Best Photography Upgrade
    00:41

  • Section Overview
    01:05
  • Flash Lighting Decisions
    02:03
  • Aperture Controls
    00:38
  • Portrait Lighting Types
    03:52
  • Light Position Names
    02:55

  • Section Overview
    00:51
  • Quality of Light
    01:52
  • Ambient Balance
    02:08
  • Color Balance
    02:18
  • Lighting modifiers Gobo and Snoots
    03:47

  • Preview01:10
  • Lighting for Texture
    02:09
  • Cross Lighting
    04:05
  • Backlight as Key
    01:26
  • Preview01:40
  • Handling Glasses Reflections
    01:16

  • Section Overview
    01:19
  • Long Throw Hard Lighting
    01:07
  • Flashes vs Hot Always On Lighting
    05:14

  • Section Overview
    01:17
  • Distance Ratio Lighting Falloff
    02:26
  • Relative Light Sizes
    03:44
  • Stops of light relative to f-stops
    00:48

  • Section Overview
    00:31
  • Flash Sync Types
    04:26
  • Flash Theory - How Flashes Work
    01:32
  • Flash Trigger Types
    05:57

  • Preview01:10
  • Lighting Color, Artistic Control
    02:49
  • Reverse Engineering Lighting to Learn
    03:52

Instructor

Aaron Linsdau
Professional Instructor
Aaron Linsdau
  • 4.2 Instructor Rating
  • 41 Reviews
  • 157 Students
  • 3 Courses

Aaron Linsdau is a professional instructor and has taught hundreds of students over the years. His goal is to make education fun and accessible for everyone. Feedback and continuous improvement are important to him.

He is also a polar explorer and holds the world record for surviving the longest solo expedition to the South Pole, surviving a record 80 days in Antarctica alone during the expedition.

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