Picture Perfect Flash: Using Portable Strobes and Hot Shoe Flash to Master Lighting and Create Extraordinary Portraits

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Picture Perfect Flash: Using Portable Strobes and Hot Shoe Flash to Master Lighting and Create Extraordinary Portraits by Roberto Valenzuela
English | March 19, 2024 | ISBN: 1681989735 | 276 pages | PDF | 58 Mb

Conquer portable strobes and hot shoe flash to create extraordinary portraits!
Whether you use small, portable strobes or hot shoe flash, flash photography has always been daunting for most photographers. Without a system and workflow for thinking about and working with flash, you can easily end up feeling stuck, or you end up flailing—randomly changing settings, positions, and modifiers—and hoping for the best. It’s not surprising that this leads to failure and frustration.
Enter bestselling author Roberto Valenzuela and the Picture Perfect Flash System, which he created to empower you to finally conquer your flash and create photographs that fulfill your intention and vision. There are two key components to this system, which Roberto calls FACES and NAME. The FACES component provides a framework for thinking about how you want or need to use flash in a particular scene:
    • Fix the Light: Do you need to fix a low light problem, an unwanted color cast, or a situation with poor quality of light?
      •Add Light: Do you need to add more light to boost or enhance the available light or create separation?
        •Create a Mood: Are you using light to create a desired mood for a location or subject?
          •Effects with Flash: Are you using flash for creative visual effect?
            • Sculpt the Light: Do you need to sculpt the light to add drama, shape, and contouring?


            Once you’ve found your purpose for the light, the NAME component provides an essential workflow for carrying out your flash photography in a methodical way so that you get consistent and predictable results:
              • Number of Flashes: How many flashes do you need?
                • Angle of Flashes: Where do the flashes need to be positioned?
                  • Modifiers for Flashes: How do you need to modify your flashes?
                    • Energy of Flashes: What power do the flashes need to be?


                    The Picture Perfect Flash System is covered in Part One: The Flash Advantage, which is the core framework of the book. In Part Two: Flash Basics Explained, Roberto covers the flash features you need to know: TTL, Manual, 1st and 2nd Curtain Sync, High Speed Sync, and Channels and Groups. Finally, in Part Three: Dynamic Flash Exercises, Roberto gives you a dozen lighting exercises that will substantially hone and advance your skills. With Picture Perfect Flash, you’ll finally be able to conquer your flash…and make the kind of portraits you’ve always wanted to create.TABLE OF CONTENTS
                    Foreword by Miss Universe, R’Bonney Nola Gabriel
                    Introduction


                    PART ONE: The Flash Advantage
                    Chapter 1: The Picture Perfect Flash System
                    Chapter 2: Fix the Light
                    Chapter 3: Add Light
                    Chapter 4: Create a Mood
                    Chapter 5: Effects with Flash
                    Chapter 6: Sculpt the Light
                    Chapter 7: NAME: Your Game Plan


                    PART TWO: Flash Basics Explained
                    Chapter 8: TTL: Let the Flash Decide
                    Chapter 9: Manual Mode
                    Chapter 10: 1st Curtain Sync, 2nd Curtain Sync, and High Speed Sync
                    Chapter 11: Channels and Groups


                    PART THREE: Dynamic Flash Exercises
                    Chapter 12: Lighting Exercises

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