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Fancierstudio 160 Dimmable LED Camera Light Led Camcorder Light Led Light Panel By Fancier FN160 $54.99 This super lightweight 160 LED video light panel great for video and photography. Item can be used in video taking, either for lights setup or supplement. Fully dimmable light panel able to go from 0-max. One of the best value on the market. Comes with 3 filter to soften light and change color temperature. Also this led panel able to take up to 5 different kind of batteries. -Compatible with five … |
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Nikon Coolpix L120 P500 D7000 D3000 D90 Digital Camera Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) $5.79 Nikon Coolpix L120 P500 D7000 D3000 D90 Digital Camera Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) .This Digital Camear Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) is for you to use to protects the interior from debris and dust when it’s not in use.Keeps the hot shoe clean, safe from scratches, and avoids moisture.FEATURES: Fits securely over the hot shoe of your Canon Nikon DSLRs and protect the interior from dust a… |
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Nikon D3 D2X Coolpix 1 V1 D200 L24 Digital Camera Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) $2.63 Nikon D3 D2X Coolpix 1 V1 D200 L24 Digital Camera Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) .This Digital Camear Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) is for you to use to protects the interior from debris and dust when it’s not in use.Keeps the hot shoe clean, safe from scratches, and avoids moisture.FEATURES: Fits securely over the hot shoe of your Canon Nikon DSLRs and protect the interior from dust and de… |
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Nikon Coolpix L100 P90 D50 P80 D300 Digital Camera Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) $2.63 Nikon Coolpix L100 P90 D50 P80 D300 Digital Camera Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) .This Digital Camear Flashlight Hot Shoe Cover (Black) is for you to use to protects the interior from debris and dust when it’s not in use.Keeps the hot shoe clean, safe from scratches, and avoids moisture.FEATURES: Fits securely over the hot shoe of your Canon Nikon DSLRs and protect the interior from dust and d… |
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Profoto 901034 Air USB (Black) $499.00 The Profoto Air USB is a USB 2.0 transceiver that allows your Profoto Pro 8 Air 1200 or 2400 watt/second power pack to “talk” to the Profoto Studio Air software that you installed in your Mac or PC. It gives you full control over power, modeling lights, recycle times — all the controls that are available at the pack itself — from your computer keyboard. The Profoto Studio Air Software is availab… |
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Nikon AS-E900 External Multi-Flash Adapter (no bracket) for Nikon Coolpix 900, 990, 995 and 4500 Digital Cameras $19.95 2/8/200615-19-33…… |
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Ray Flash Ringflash Adapter for Canon 580EX II Flash with Canon 1V/1Ds/1D DSLR Cameras $199.95 The Ray Flash is a unique adapter for your hot-shoe flash unit designed to replicate the lighting effect produced by traditional, expensive, and heavy powered studio ring flash units. The Ray Flash is portable and lightweight, and has been designed to take advantage of a camera’s TTL metering capabilities. Because the Ray Flash relieson the hot-shoe flash to generate its light, it contains no elec… |
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NEEWER® 160 LED CN-160 Dimmable Ultra High Power Panel Digital Camera / Camcorder Video Light, LED Light for Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Panasonic,SONY, Samsung and Olympus Digital SLR Cameras $32.80 This super lightweight 160-piece-LED video light can be used in video taking. either for lights setup or supplement, the light intensity can be changed to offer professional effects. Specification: Input: DC 7.2V~8.4V |
hot shoe to hot shoe flash cables?
Would like to attach electronic flash unit to camera flash bracket. Need cable with hot shoe that connects to hot shoe connector on camera and a hot shoe connector at other end of cable for attaching my flash unit 12 to 18 inch cable would be fine. Where do I get such a cable and what do I call it?
Thanks.
Tony
You had better make inquiries with your local photography dealer.
Sony Alpha HVL-F20AM Hot Shoe Flash Review
Flash Photography Techniques – Ambient Light Plus Flash
With careful use of flash, you can make your photo looks natural as though no flash had been used, instate it will enhance the photo further reducing contrast and yet looking very natural.
It has been a dream of all photographers to look for the balance in lighting whenever they photograph a subject and most of the time the quality of available light isn’t always perfect. I will share my experience in making use of flash wisely I am able to enhance my photo rather than by just using the available ambient light.
Before we get started let me clarify a few things with regards to my flash photography techniques that I will be sharing with you.
- Let me define the term flash in this article – it is what some people call “Speedlight” which is the add on flash mounted on the camera hot – shoe type and not either the studio strobe type of flash or the pop–up flash build in the camera..
- The flash photography techniques I’m writing in this article are mostly applicable for “on the field” or “on the move” photography and not studio photography.
- I’m a user of Nikon D-SLR and Speedlight, some example of my photography work shown here are not a standard recipe as each camera system may have a slide different reading hence require some slide adjustment.
Ambient Light plus Flash
I use flash most of the time but using flash does not mean you will spoil the ambient light thus making the photo looking unnatural. Why just use available light alone if your photograph turns out to be horrible. I will show you by understanding some essential techniques, mixing ambient light with flash you can make a better image.
By using the flash I will be able to highlight the shadow areas and avoid shadows under the subject’s eyebrows thus making it a better photo than it would have been without flash. But this does not mean that the image will turn up flat. Make sure you get your reading right.
Let’s try two examples:
1. A wedding couple on a beach and under a tent as the sun is going down:-
- Shoot in manual mode because you need to be in control of your exposure metering for accuracy and consistency.
- Meter for the ambient light, get your exposure right, turn off your flash and take a test shot. With the correct exposure you will get a perfect natural surroundings but the wedding couple will be little under exposed or with some shadows around their faces.
- Now turn on your flash and adjust your flash to TTL-BL mode which balance flash automatically with ambient light (as I’m using Nikon). Adjust your flash compensation. Start from 0 EV compensation and slowly go up until plus 1.7 EV. How much is enough? There is no one correct answer to that as it depends how much flash you need to use as a fill in flash. In this example you surely need a stronger fill-flash to match the sunlit background.
Flash was turn off. I took the reading of the ambient light and took a test shoot. Satisfied with the overall exposure and then on my flash light and took the photograph below with my flash light firring direct and dial up the my flash up to +1.7 EV. See the photographt below for comparison.
2. Portrait of a couple against a wall
- Again always shoot on manual mode.
- Meter correctly for the available light.
- Adjust your flash to TTL-BL mode. As for out door, I usually start from -1.3 EV because Nikon Speedlights on TTL-BL mode balance flash automatically with ambient light and I will always shoot with flash firing straight on. The real idea is to use the flash as a fill-light only and to lift the shadows.
- Notice with a fill flash I manage to eliminate shadows under the couple eyebrows without overexposing the wall and the couples’ clothing’s.
Photograph 2 – Shoot using flash
The above two examples clearly tells you by just adding flash with the correct exposure set by reading the ambient light together with the right amount of flash value to be fired you will have a perfect and balance natural looking image. Who says by using flash it will look unnatural and spoil the ambient light?
I will be following up with an article entitle Flash Photography Techniques – Bouncing the Flash next to share my photography experience with you. By bouncing the flash you are able to soften the light and reduce or eliminating flash shadow.
For more photography techniques and tips visit my photography blog: Langkawi Photographer Blog
To view my photography portfolio visit: AFFENDY.COM
About the Author
Affendy Ahmad is a professional photographer specialized in weddings, corpoarate or private events, special occasions and family holiday photography.
Borned 1963 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he has now based in this beautiful island of Langkawi located northwest of Malaysia.
Affendy has a photo studio located in down town kuah.