TTL Flash Tutorial in 10 Lessons

TTL Flash Tutorial in 10 Lessons


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TTL Flash Tutorial in 10 Lessons (Part 1)

Here's an easy tutorial for TTL flash. (If you want to know why to learn flash in the first place, check out these samples of what's possible.) The tutorial will cover the following topics.

Part 1: Controls
Lesson 1: Ambient vs. Flash
Lesson 2: How exposure settings affect TTL flash
Lesson 3: How to control TTL flash
Lesson 4: Balancing Flash and Ambient
Lesson 5: Flash Value Lock


Part 2: Application
Lesson 6: Hard Light vs. Soft Light; Bouncing the Flash
Lesson 7: Using the Flash Off-Camera
Lesson 8: Subject vs. Background; Key vs. Fill; Contrast
Lesson 9: Color; color temperature and gels
Lesson 10: Lighting depth of field
Lesson 11: Bonus lesson



Note: Part 2 of tutorial is here: http://betterfamilyphotos.blogspot.com/2010/07/ttl-flash-tutorial-in-10-lessons-part-2.html

Requirements:
1. Knowledge of basic exposure concepts (exposure, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, histogram). Need a refresher? Check here.
2. DSLR or bridge camera.
3. Lesson 6 and up: requires camera with hot shoe, an external flash, and a commander or TTL cord or radio TTL.

Feel free to stop wherever you feel like you've absorbed enough, in order to try out the techniques in real life shots and allow the techniques to sink in.



Part 1


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