Lesson 9 Canon Dedicated Flash

 

Setting for Canon Speedlite 580EX II

 

Setting for Canon Speedlite 600EX

 

Assignment 9 Canon Dedicated Flash

Use direct flash on camera Priority setting
Use direct flash off camera Priority setting
Use flash fill Aperture Priority
Use flash with modifier (Bounce card, bank or ceiling) Priority setting.

Label your best result from each of the 4 techniques, write down your camera settings for each photograph and post them separately.

Read the two pages (posted  in the Lesson 9 section) from the Canon 580EXII or the Canon 600EX manual to help understand what the settings mean

Lesson 8 Outdoor Flash

I am using the shutter speeds that we originally calculated and not the ones we actually used because the light readings kept changed with the clouds moving in and out. 

Assignment 8 Outdoor Flash

1. Make a portrait where the person’s face and the background are the same exposure.
2. Make a portrait where the person’s face is exposed one stop under and the background is normally exposed.  Drop the power of the strobe by one stop keeping the f stop the same.

3. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is one stop under.

4. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is two stops under.

All four should be photographed in exactly the same place to make it earier to compare the results.

This is a test for your reference and should be laid out accordingly.

Print your f stop and shutter speeds.

Subject should be 2 or 3 stops darker than background.

Lesson 7 Strobe and Tungsten

With Movement

Assignment 7 Strobe and Tungsten

Photograph a person with just the strobe light.

Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on.

Photograph a person using strobe on the person and tungsten
on the background. Try some with motion.

Photograph a person with tungsten on the person and strobe
on the background. Try some with motion.

Post each photograph separately.

Assignment 6 Size Matters

Take two portraits of a person one with the 22" Beauty Dish and one with the Octabank and get the same results by using the placement of the subject, the light and the background. Look at results from class demonstration for ideas.

Lesson 6 Size Matters

Lesson 5 One Strobe

Assignment 5 One Strobe with Softbox

Photo 1
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face has a highlight and shadow side. The background should appear darker on the highlight side and the lighter on the shadow side.

Photo 2
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face is evenly lit and the background is black.