Category: Flash Photography
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Flash Surf Photography With The Sony a6000 – Part 1
I’m planning on writing up the full how-to for flash surf photography with the Sony a6000, but it’s going to be a while until it’s ready, this should get you most of the way there if you’re happy to experiment with some trial and error. What Do I Need for Flash Surf Photography? First you’ll […]
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Todays Lesson: Bring Extra Batteries
I had a go at flash fisheye photography with my Sony a6000 for the first time the other day, I spent a good part of my evening preparing my set-up, I had to work around the limitations of the Sony a6000’s pop up flash and it involved a lot of trial and error. The physical […]
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Cosmic Night Shoot – Flash Surf Photography
I had a little go at flash surf photography with my DIY flash set up the other night, I need to tweak my settings to get it more consistent and get rid of the red reflection of the housing in the image (UPDATE – check out the bottom of the post for how to fix […]
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Flash In The Water – Pete Webb’s Set Up
In this two part post on iso1200.com photographer Pete Webb talks about the gear and techniques involved with shooting remote flash in the water, this isn’t specifically surf related, but it’s easily transferable to surf situations too. Part 1: http://www.iso1200.com/2012/02/strobist-in-water-with-powerwizard-and.html Part 2: http://www.iso1200.com/2012/02/wet-strobist-with-sport-photographer.html 4º Sea Swimmers from Pete Webb on Vimeo. That video shows the […]
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How To – Flash Surf Photography Part 3: Flash With Water Housing
This is the last part on flash photography in surf for now, I have got a new project which is coming together nicely at the moment and should allow me to get some better in-housing flash shots in the future, as soon as I’ve figured it out I’ll add another post. In Part 1 I […]
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How To – Flash Surf Photography Part 2: Remote Flash Shot
Perhaps you’ve seen my video on the basics of incorporating flash into your surf photography, if not it’s a good primer for the following discussion on the remote flash shot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kfwnNjxyHqA Just in case you haven’t read the Behind the Shot feature in issue 220 (November 2012) of Wavelength, the remote flash traditionally involves someone […]
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How-To Flash Photography – Video
This is the first video for Learning Surf Photography, it goes through the basics of incorporating flash into your surf photography. Parts 2 and 3 are up now and go into detail on the two basic types of flash shot that I show in the video. https://learningsurfphotography.com/post/43341085101/how-to-flash-surf-photography-part-1-waterproof-your (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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How To – Flash Surf Photography Part 1: Waterproof Your Flash
The Flash I had been thinking about getting a flash for my DSLR for a while, when I got some Amazon vouchers for Christmas I decided to put them to good use and pick up a budget flash gun. The Yongnuo YN460 II has good reviews and comes in at around £42, it’s manual and […]
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How To – Surf Photography Using A Flash
I will be going in to much more detail, including producing a video, in some future posts, but here’s a taster of the flash set-up I’ve botched together this weekend. Using some cheap radio triggers, a couple of butchered cables and a modestly priced flash gun I am now able to trigger a flash in […]