cod wrote: I was a natural light "purist" for many years until I finally figured out that the real problem was that I had never really learned to use flash well. What changed my mind was coming across a wealth of articles by photographer Neil van Niekerk on using flash in conjunction with natural light. He is a master at using flash in a way that complements natural light and produces photos that do not look like flash photos at all. The above link is the starting page of a series of articles that have a lot to teach about flash use. Now I use flash a great deal for portraits and functions, producing way better images than I ever had before discovering this resource.
Regards,
Chris
Scotty wrote:
cod wrote: I was a natural light "purist" for many years until I finally figured out that the real problem was that I had never really learned to use flash well. What changed my mind was coming across a wealth of articles by photographer Neil van Niekerk on using flash in conjunction with natural light. He is a master at using flash in a way that complements natural light and produces photos that do not look like flash photos at all. The above link is the starting page of a series of articles that have a lot to teach about flash use. Now I use flash a great deal for portraits and functions, producing way better images than I ever had before discovering this resource.
Regards,
Chris
I use natural light, because i'm not as good at strobes as I wish I was...going to take a look into this. Thanks.
Stealthy Ninja wrote: As cod alluded to above (and I'll be more blunt saying).
A lot of people who say they "prefer natural light" usually don't know how to use flash/artificial light properly.
Probably sticking their Gary Fong products on top of their flashes and bouncing the light all over the place (waste) and not thinking about direction and softness.
Light is our paint. Learn to use it.
If I offended... here's the smiley face to make it all better--->
P.S. I'll use the light most suitable for the job sometimes it's fine to use natural lighting... sometimes it's even better. But I'll use artificial as much as I can when I'm doing something serious. More control.
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