I've always had a desire to learn how to use flash in my photography. The underexposed, deer-in-the-headlights flashed up group portrait got really old, really fast.
Natural light can be fun (and I prefer it), but when I have to capture the awesomeness of a joyous wedding reception indoors, it's totally worth investing in flashes and off-camera flash systems to take my images to the next level. With the sun down, I'm free to create my own light and place it anywhere I want to.
Learning how to use flash isn't the easiest learning curve. Most of all, I really wanted to know the relationship between ISO and aperture, shutter speed and flash power. When should I use E-TTL, when should I use manual? How does change in aperture affect the exposure? What are the best settings if you need to conserve battery power? All that stuff I couldn't really wrap my head around, until now.
Zack Arias has a quantum grasp on lighting, specifically when used in controlled settings like studios. Even better, he teaches it in such a way that even I can understand in his 3-day Studio Lighting Workshop on CreativeLIVE. I learned so much about flash and light modifiers from these sessions.
CreativeLIVE is based in Seattle, but it flies in top-shelf photographers from all over the country to host a workshop that can be seen all over the world through their website. It's such a great resource for photographers who want to 'attend' a workshop, but either don't have the funds to experience one, or if the workshop isn't headed to their city anytime soon. The workshop sessions are viewable on their website, or you can download them as videos. So easy and accessible! Buy Zack Arias' workshop if you want to take your flash photography to the next level. So worth it.
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