On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography

"Must have for those learning flash photography" according to Amazon Customer. I used to be an "existing light" guy. I really hated the look of direct flash on a subject. I was having a nice chat with my brother-in-law when he told me about this website called planet neil. I read through it and I was amazed by this guy who talked about using flash in such a way that viewers wouldn't know that you used flash! I bookmarked it and told myself that I would throughly read it when I finally bought my flash.That moment came a few weeks ago. I bought a Must have for those learning flash photography Amazon Customer I used to be an "existing light" guy. I really hated the look of direct flash on a subject. I was having a nice chat with my brother-in-law when he told me about this website called planet neil. I read through it and I was amazed by this guy who talked about using flash in such a way that viewers wouldn't know that you used flash! I bookmarked it and told myself that I would throughly read it when I finally bought my flash.That moment came a few weeks ago. I bought a 430EXII and went through the website again. It had a ad about the site's author also writing a book. I b. Must have for those learning flash photography I used to be an "existing light" guy. I really hated the look of direct flash on a subject. I was having a nice chat with my brother-in-law when he told me about this website called planet neil. I read through it and I was amazed by this guy who talked about using flash in such a way that viewers wouldn't know that you used flash! I bookmarked it and told myself that I would throughly read it when I finally bought my flash.That moment came a few weeks ago. I bought a Must have for those learning flash photography Amazon Customer I used to be an "existing light" guy. I really hated the look of direct flash on a subject. I was having a nice chat with my brother-in-law when he told me about this website called planet neil. I read through it and I was amazed by this guy who talked about using flash in such a way that viewers wouldn't know that you used flash! I bookmarked it and told myself that I would throughly read it when I finally bought my flash.That moment came a few weeks ago. I bought a 430EXII and went through the website again. It had a ad about the site's author also writing a book. I b. 30EXII and went through the website again. It had a ad about the site's author also writing a book. I b. 0EXII and went through the website again. It had a ad about the site's author also writing a book. I b. Bill McLean said TEACHER WITH AN ATTITUDE. The author states that this book is for professional wedding photographers. But then he, and the person who wrote the Forward, made degrading remarks about them. I guess they think that by putting others down they appear more wise, more professional, and more important. Also, I found some parts of the book annoyingly written - as if written for children: "You have to do this". for example, along with some overly detailed walk-through lessons.As for the book being written for professional wedding photographers, consider this: If you or I were going to hire a wedding phot. MB said Awesome book for people beginning to use external flashes!. I am an amateur photographer who has a passion to learn much more. I did already have a pretty good understanding of how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO work. I recently acquired a Speed lite, though, and really had very little idea how to use it effectively. I believe Neil is a near genius. I greatly admire his approach to flash photography (especially bounce flash), because his goal is usually to have the pictures as least obvious as possible that a flash was even used. A lot of his work looks very natural. I know people who prefer not to use flash at all, and that i

"On-camera flash or strobe lighting is demystified in Neil van Niekerk's latest book."  —sacramentobookreview

Techniques for using simple accessories such as bounce cards and diffusers, as well as how to improve a lighting scenario by enhancing it rather than overwhelming it, show photographers how to master this challenging aspect of portraiture.. With this guidebook, photographers learn how to create stunning, professional images while avoiding the common pitfalls of using an on-camera flash