Workshop (Recording technology, Visual Language and Formal Elements )
In college I attended a workshop where I learnt the various of techniques and advantages of using speedlites. Techniques we learnt about were bounce flash, Fill in flash and wireless remote.
Bounce flash allows you to turn the light into a 'bouncing bean' this really allows you to take control of where you want the light on and off such as walls, ceiling and reflector which can soften the light. The speedlite gun can be rotated to any position as long as stay on top of the camera. This lets you as the photographer become lazy as the exposure is automatically controlled so that you will be able to get a perfect result every time ' this is because speedlite and camera normally have an amazing relationship with each other and enjoy each others compenly.' The way I remember it is like a game of pool where it all about the angles to get a perfect shoot.
Be aware and make sure to remember that an image of people when the light bounces of a ceiling can show a shadow under eyes. To prevent this you can use the build in reflector to put a little light onto the face of your subject to highlight the eyes ( eyes are a key feature in a fashion.)
Fill flash is mainly used to fill in outdoors on a bright day. You can use it to take away shadows from the matter so it prevents the subject becoming a silhouette.
If the flash effect is too bright and makes the subject matter look over exposure value by about 1 stop. Also consider the distanced the further you are away from the subject matter, the more power you'll need.
Using fill flash with exposure lock can help and give the image more of a moody atmosphere depending on where you chose to use and point your exposure lock at the background and if you use fill in flash on the foreground, the camera a flash will balance the images.
Sometime you can require adjustments to the flash output. use the symbol to right increase or decrease the amount of flash. The built in flash in the camera sends a pulse to the wireless speedlite and can only go off if the built flash is in line of sight of the speedlite.
Equipment
speed lights - I used the speed light on the my fashion shoot as a back light
reflector - I ended up using a gold reflector on my wedding shot to soften the light.
DLSR camera 85mm lens was used to control the depth of filed from the image having a shallow depth of filed to a deep depth of filed.
