On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography

Overview

An acclaimed photographer illuminates secrets of the flash

With this guidebook, photographers learn how to create stunning, professional images while avoiding the common pitfalls of using an on-camera flash. Techniques for using simple accessories—such as bounce cards and diffusers as well as how to improve a lighting scenario by enhancing it rather than overwhelming it—show photographers how to master this challenging aspect of portraiture. For wedding and environmental portrait photographers who must work in ever-changing lighting scenarios, executing these tips to evade flat, lifeless images with harsh shadows, washed-out skin tones, cavernous black backgrounds, and other unappealing visual characteristics results in not only better images, but happier clients and more sales.

Reviews

"On-camera flash or strobe lighting is demystified in Neil van Niekerk's latest book." —sacramentobookreview.com

"Explains everything you need to know about properly using a flash to capture the best possible image each and every time." —Shutterbug

"This is my #1 pick so far for Photography Book of the Year . . . Thank you Neil van Niekerk for sharing your pearls of wisdom in a way that is easy to understand, without using 47 speedlights or $1000+ in light modifiers! —www.ronmart.blogspot.com

"The best book I have read on the subject of shooting with your Speedlight on your hot shoe. —Weeklyphototips.blogspot.com

"Owning this book will give you a college-level course worth of instruction on the hows, whys and wherefores of on-camera flash." —digitalweddingforum.com/blog

Author Biography

Neil van Niekerk is a wedding and portrait photographer. He lives in Wayne, New Jersey.