LEARN TO MASTER HANDHELD FLASH

Duration: 1 day
Dates: Sunday, November 13
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Spots: 12
Registration: €60

Introduction

Why do you use flash in photography?

Because there is not enough ambient light.
Because the type of ambient light is not appropriate.

In either case, if you don't understand light in all its aspects, you will never understand flash light and, as a consequence, it will be very difficult for you to use handheld flash judiciously.

In this course you will learn the keys so that the flash, which until now has been a problem for you, becomes an advantage that makes you stand out from other photographers..

The difference between one photographer and another is not so much what equipment they have, but how they use what they have.

CONTENTS

1. The light.

·      Nature of light.
·      Two fundamental and essential keys to understand the logic of light and get the
most out of it.
·      The secrets of color in photography.

2. Continuous light / flash light.

·      Differentiating features.
·      Advantages and disadvantages of each type of light.
·      Exposure measurement.

Measurement methods.
Incident light / reflected light.
The handheld photometer.
The built-in light meter in the camera. Interpretation of the photometer. Using the built-in light meter to measure flash light.

· Mixed lights.

Modulation of the proportion between ambient light and flash light according to creative and expressive criteria.

· 5-step guide to lighting in any type of photography (portrait, reportage, still life,
macro photography, etc.)

3. The hand flash.

·      Features.
·      The guide number.
·      Accessories.
·      Uses.

4. The handheld flash used as a reporting flash.

5. The handheld flash used as a studio flash.

6. How to modify the light to achieve the desired lighting.

· Ambient light modifiers.
· Flash Light Modifiers.

7. The use of flash in portrait.

·      General concepts in portrait lighting.
·      The equipment (flashes and accessories).
·      Types of lights (hard, diffuse, addressable, mixed, etc.).
·      Lighting schemes.
·      The portrait posed in the studio and outdoors.
·      The casual portrait.
·      Techniques applied to street photography in portraiture.

- Flash light applied to other uses (product, still life, macro photography, etc.).

8. In-person internships.

9. Non-face-to-face practices. Exercises that the student must perform outside of class hours, and that will be reviewed by the teacher in the classroom.

Valentin Lujan (Torrehermosa Farm, Badajoz, 1964). A biologist at the beginning of his career, he has worked as a professional photographer since 1998. He has received training from great photographers such as Cristina García Rodero, Antoine d'Agata, Paulo Nozolino, Patrick Zachmann, Navia, Tino Soriano and Jeffrey Silverthorne. His professional field is linked to street reporting, portraiture, advertising and industrial photography and social reporting. Its most frequent clients are private companies, individuals, advertising agencies and Public Administrations..
@valentinlujan_foto