Free eBook: Compact knowledge of flash photography

Even the best lighting equipment can only perform at its best when the people using it know all of its possibilities. That is why broncolor has brought together the essential foundations of flash photography in one free eBook: “Compact knowledge of flash photography”.

On 52 illustrated pages, the eBook explains what light actually does – from illumination, shadows and highlights to white balance, colour temperature, flash duration and High Speed Sync, all the way to the difference between hard, soft and diffuse light. It is written for photographers, students, educators and everyone curious about studio lighting, light shapers and professional flash photography.

The eBook is free of charge and available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Chinese.

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What’s inside the eBook

  • Why use flash

    Introduction

    The advantages of flash over available light – and why flash gives you full control over every image.

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  • Principles and terms of lighting

    Topics 1–9

    Illumination, penumbra and umbra, edge gradient, shadow definition, shadow depth and scattered light, highlights, white balance, colour temperature and colour consistency.

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  • Flash photography terms

    Topics 10–22

    Joules and watt-seconds, flash duration, flash sync time, triggering, diffusion, flash correction, direct and indirect flash, High Speed Sync (HSS), strobe, alternate, delay, sequence and interval.

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  • The light

    Topics 23–25

    Hard, soft and diffuse light: how light shapers change the character of light – and when to use which.

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