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Making the most of your ON Camera Flash - Anglesey

Making the most of your ON Camera Flash - Anglesey

Welshot Team, workshop host

Welshot Team, Welshot Imaging Academy

By bringing together the many skills knowledge and experience along with a variety of teaching methods of more than one Welshot Imaging Team Leader this provides YOU with all the help you could possibly desire to help YOU get the best from YOUR Camera.

Event location

Carreg Bran Anglesey LL61 5YH

Event date & time

Sunday 16 September 2012 from 10:00 to 6:00

Event description

Learn how, why and when to use on camera flash to bring life to your images. Explore the different looks and effects that can be created and how you can master your flashgun.

The day starts with a breakdown of how flashguns work, what their constituent parts are and an explanation of what all the specifications mean.

We will then move on to look at the different modes available on a range of flashguns, what the settings mean and how you can use them to get the shot you want.

With a thourough understanding of the theory we will move on to the practical session of the day.

You will be working in small groups for the practical session.

We will start with looking at using your cameras own in built flash for fill when shooting into bright light and how to capture enough background light for natural looking images after dark.

Then moving onto external flashguns and looking at how to improve the quality of the light through the use of a variety of accesories and by bouncing the flash from ceilings or walls.

This will be followed by sessions on advanced techniques such as high speed sync, rear or second curtain sync and strobe effects.

Finally you will be shown how to take complete control of your image by shooting in maual mode and adjusting all the settings to your taste.

Numbers are restricted to 10 people.

Included is arrival refreshments, light lunch and all course notes in a specially designed workbook.

Early Bird booking will close on 1st September 2012.  Bookings are essential.

Event schedule

10:00am   Carreg Bran (was Carreg Mon) Anglesey 
10:05am   Flashgun Anatomy, Specifications and Settings
10:30am  Flash and ambient, how to mix and match Fill In Flash, Slow Synch Flash
11:15am   External Flashguns, Using bounce flash, Using light modifiers
12:00pm   Lunch
12:45pm   High Speed Sync
1:15pm   First vs Second Curtain Sync
2:00pm   Strobe Effects
2:30pm   Exposure compensation and Flash Exposure Compensation
3:00pm   Shooting in Manual
3:45pm   Questions and Answers with tea and coffee
4:00pm   Close

What you should bring:

Camera, ideally DSLR but any prosumer camera with a hot show should be suitable.
Flashgun
Tripod
Spare memory cards and batteries

Event booking information

This event is now closed. To register your interest in attending future events like this please contact us by email or phone 01248 719126.

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