Outdoor Flash Photography

Maximizing the power of your camera’s flash is difficult enough in a studio set-up, but outdoors literally presents a whole new world of challenges. John Gerlach and Barbara Eddy have taken the most asked about subject from their renowned photography workshops and turned it into this guidebook that is sure to inspire your next outdoor shoot, while also saving you time and frustration.

Outdoor Flash Photography

covers a range of practices from portrait to landscape, including unique strategies that the authors have pioneered through 40 years in the field. Mastering the use of multiple flashes to freeze action is shown through one of most challenging subjects in nature, hummingbirds in flight. This book will benefit photographers of all experience levels who are eager to evolve their outdoor photography and get the most out of their equipment.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting started with flash
Chapter 2 Flash features and controls
Chapter 3 Becoming in sync with flash sync
Chapter 4 Flash and ambient light exposure
Chapter 5 Combining flash with ambient light
Chapter 6 The crucial role of light
Chapter 7 Fill flash techniques
Chapter 8 Main flash
Chapter 9 Balanced flash
Chapter 10 Flash in the landscape
Chapter 11 Multiple flash
Chapter 12 Close-up flash
Chapter 13 Hummingbirds with high-speed flash
Chapter 14 Important flash-related websites