Intermediate Photography Blog Posts

Characteristics Of Light – Light As Elements Of Composition. A blog post/written thoughts based on conversations with participants during the Intermediate course. There’s photography an action (“drawing”, “writing”, “recording” “communicating” with light) and then there’s what we do with our camera to make a photograph (camera operation). Once we know how to operate a camera […]

Intermediate Photography – Flash – Light Effected by Flash and Light Not Effected by Flash. When we use flash we can begin to see elements of our composition as light effected by flash and light not effected by flash. Everything in our photograph is light not effected by flash until it becomes effected by flash.

Most of us use our white balance settings in the automatic (AWB) setting. The idea is that if white looks white, then everything else is “color correct”. Is “color correct” always what we want? What if our photograph wasn’t “color correct”? Try taking your white balance setting off of AWB and make the same picture

Did you know that there is a law that we should be aware of when we use our flash?

This law applies to ALL flashes; the pop up flash on your camera and the, usually more powerful, separate flash unit that works off of your hot-shoe.

If you don’t know about this law, it could seriously limit your ability to create a photograph.

Many people who are interested in the Lighting With Portable Flash Workshop, who have yet to invest in a separate flash unit, ask me for advice on purchasing a flash.