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Photo tutorial: Turn your old wrapping cellophane into gels

Emily Price — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:33:42 +0000

The holidays may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get some use out of all your holiday trimmings. If you received any presents wrapped in colored cellophane this year (or if you happen to have a little extra cellophane kicking around the [...]
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Photography tutorial: How to use flash creatively

Arnold Zafra — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:39:31 +0000

Photography comes from a composite Greek word, which when translated means to ‘write with light’. That being the case, it could be said that there is no greater pen than the humble flashgun.

Flash is perhaps one of the most misused and abused [...]
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Flashing off camera

Shelton Muller — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:17:51 +0000

Often, the most effective use of your flashgun is off-camera. In other words, the flash is not sitting on the camera’s hotshoe, but is physically disconnected.

How the flash synchronises with the camera differs from system to system. Sometimes, synchronisation is often achieved by using specially [...]
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Understanding guide numbers for flash photography

Shelton Muller — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:07:51 +0000

Shelton Muller discusses the principles once used by all photographers to determine flash exposure…

These days, flash photography has been made so easy with TTL flash technologies that mean photographers don’t need to think at all.

The camera and the flash talk to each [...]
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Flash Off Camera

Shelton Muller — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:38:56 +0000

Most cameras these days have built in flash. Even the more upmarket digital SLRs sport a small pop up flash. They also have a hot shoe for flash. However, as well know, this kind of flash photography can often yield boring and unnatural lighting results.

Often, the [...]
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Understanding flash

Shelton Muller — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:03:53 +0000

Shelton Muller explains the techniques and technicalities that make flash photography easier and more creative.

Flash can be one of the worst forms of lighting a photographer can use. It’s cold, harsh and unnatural. On the other hand, when creatively used it’s the most desirable [...]
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