Flash Photography Books

[milster]

Has anyone got any good book recommendations for general basic flash photography?

I'm completely new to flash and want to get some general basics. I know there is a wealth of knowledge out there on tinternet, but I find it much better/easier for me to have a book to look at.

Thanks

Edit: I think it could be all lighting in general if possible

 

[Nick_1981]

Have a look at 'Speedlights & Speedlites', as the title suggests it is about flash photography rather than general lighting.

 

[jimbob4884]

Take a look at 'Understanding Flash Photography' by Bryan Peterson. I was completely new to flash photography and after reading his 'Understanding Exposure' book and finding it excellent, I was keen to get stuck into this one. I found it very easy to understand and follow.

 

[milster]

Thanks guys, I've read Understanding Exposure and enjoyed it, think I'll look into his book

 

[Nikon Fan]

As you have a Nikon camera, I would recommend this book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Nikon-C...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331578565&sr=1-2

 

[milster]

As you have a Nikon camera, I would recommend this book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Nikon-C...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331578565&sr=1-2

Thanks Barry but I have a Nissin flash not a Nikon one, would that book still be any good?

 

[Nikon Fan]

Probably not.

 

[ShutterWork]

+1 for understading flash photography...have just completed reading it...love it.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Here's my recommendations:-

• Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting Quite technical though
• On-Camera Flash Techniques for Wedding and Portrait Photography A good starter.
• Off-Camera Flash

And 2 blogs on flash photography:-

• http://neilvn.com/tangents/
• http://strobist.blogspot.com/

 

[twice]

Here's my recommendations:-

• Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting Quite technical though
• On-Camera Flash Techniques for Wedding and Portrait Photography A good starter.

Hi,
I also have these two books,
As a beginner I can recommend the On Camera Flash Techniques book. It is easy to understand, lots of diagrams and the settings used are explained. I was able to replicate most of the examples in the book.

The Light Science and Magic book was too heavy going for me.

 

[milster]

Cheers chaps, I'll look into those as well

 

[BarryG]

I think you should consider signing up for the Lynda.com courses. There are such a wide variety of photography courses on there.

I've just done the Exposure, Composition and Black & White courese (3 seperate ones). Really good, I've learnt some great things in a very short space of time.

 

[milster]

Cheers Barry, ill look into it.

 

[Gordonmac]

Joe McNally's book is a Nikon-centric book about speedlite photography, but I'm a Canon user and still found this a good read, simply by ignoring the Nikon jargon and translating it to Canon jargon

Sketching Light: An Illustrated Tour of the Possibilities of Flash

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sketching-L...ties-Voices/dp/0321700902/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2

Syl Arena is a Canon user and has a really good book about flash techniques - the technique is universal, no matter which Speedlite you use - the same can be said about most books on flash photography:

Speedliter's Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Speedliters-Handbook-Learning-Craft-Speedlites/dp/032171105X/ref=pd_sim_b_22

Hope these help