Something I always recommend to photographers wondering what gear to buy is a small flash. Even if it's only used on camera, one flash unit can be an thinkable, help in many kinds of situations. However an area that I consideration citizen are often hesitant to get into, is using their flash off-camera.
One coarse misconception is that you need more than one flash unit to get any decent light with off-camera flash. While having supplementary flash units does help, there are an thinkable, number of things you can do with only one. Using some simple workarounds you can often make it look like there are more then one.
Flash For Nikon
Here's a list the 5 ways that I would most often use my flash back in the days when I only had one. But first you need to get your flash to fire (uh, flash) off the camera. Any relatively new Nikon speedlight and dslr combo will have the capability to fire without any supplementary hardware. For more data on how to get your flash to work off camera, go here or here or Google it. Also, keep in mind that many of these setups can be done with any type of light source, and aren't strictly petite to small flashes. If you've got some highly distinguished general lights lying around, you can use those as well. Feel free to send me an email or hit me up on Skype if you've got questions.
1. Backlight
One flash behind and/or slightly to the side of your field can do wonders. The high contrast, the flare, the halos, I love it all. If I've only got one flash with me and I want to spice up an photo a little, this is my go-to. Just spock (put) a flash behind your subject, experiment with power settings, and watch the magic happen.
2. Fill
It's potential do this with on-camera flash as well, but I prefer it off camera for more consistency. I use this often, but its probably the most noticeable at concerts when all the lights are wonky colors and I want the field to be in a general colored light. Direct or bounced depending on if I want it soft or hard.
3. Background light + Key (Your main light)
The photo ad below was lit with one flash, an sb-27. I didn't have a special background, its just pieces of white paper laid out on a table with a piece of desk top glass laid over the paper, and a white wall. Originally I had the flash hitting the background only to make it pure white, and used the ambient light to expose the foreground. However I didn't like the capability of the light I was getting from the foreground, so I added a reflector in front, to reflect the light that was arrival from the background onto the foreground.
If that went over your head I'll be doing an whole post on achieving this look (with citizen too, not just products) with only one flash.
4. Black Background.
Essentially the opposite of the light setup above, this time you try to light the background as petite as possible. Bounce the flash off a wall, and keep the field close to the light source. I would recommend using a reflector for some fill if you want a petite more of a humane look.
5. Emphasis on something
Pretty self explanatory, you light one element with the flash to draw attention to it. The power of the flash in relation to the ambient light will determine how distinguished the corollary is.
All done
So there you go, five ways to use one flash to accomplish dramatically separate effects. I hope to go into a petite more information on each of them in time to come posts so stay tuned. If you, like many people, already have a flash unit, I would encourage you to find a way to fire it off camera, and start experimenting. You will be surprised at how much of a inequity a petite well planned use of light can make. Like mister McNally says, "light is the language of photography, and we need to know how to speak eloquently."
If don't have an external flash, and you're looking to buy something that will hugely sway the capability of your photos, then that is what I would recommend. You don't need a high end flash like an sb-900 or 580ex if you're just starting with off-camera flash. For Nikon users I would undoubtedly recommend the Nikon Sb-600 Speedlight. If you own a Nikon d-slr then it will work right away, with no extra hardware needed, off camera.
I will leave you to ponder.
Off Camera Flash - 5 Techniques I Use With a single Flash
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