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During this lighting course, Brandon Heiss (President at Westcott) discusses the basics of flash photography. If you're looking for the best Off Camera Flash setup, make sure to watch this video first and see what Brandon suggests in terms of getting started with speed lights and off camera flash setup. Westcott is a leading innovator of photo and video lighting solutions for professionals and enthusiasts. Subscribe to be the first to see exclusive behind the scenes videos with lighting tips from top pro photographers and filmmakers. Here, you’ll find how-to videos, lighting tips, and overviews on strobes, speedlite modifiers, reflectors, scrims, and more. New videos are added frequently to help our fans perfect their craft! Find more tips, articles, and photo galleries at http://westcottu.com​. Learn about Westcott gear by visiting http://fjwestcott.com​. Course Breakdown 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:01:04 - What is High-Speed Sync? 0:02:11 - What is TTL? 0:02:38 - What is Recycle Time? 0:03:07 - What is Ambient Light? 0:04:05 - What are Groups and Channels? 0:05:36 - Class breakdown & topics covered 0:06:40 - Importance of Lighting 0:07:52 - When do you use lighting? 0:09:12 - Hard Lighting & Soft Lighting 0:14:04 - Hard Light vs Soft Light: Photo Examples 0:18:00 - How much flash power? 0:22:47 - Understanding Fill Lighting 0:35:20 - Issues with Using Flash (Incorrectly) 0:37:29 - How can we improve flash? 0:37:59 - How to bounce flash 0:43:59 - Why you should take the flash off of your camera? 0:46:18 - Using Modifiers with Flash 0:47:45 - What is an Umbrella modifier? 0:49:39 - What are the Rapid Box Modifiers 0:51:16 - What are the Apollo Modifiers? 0:54:03 - Why Use Grids? 0:55:05 - Diffusion Layers in a Softbox 0:56:55 - Feathering the Light 0:58:04 - Feathering Light: In Use 1:00:22 - Using a Hair/Edge Light 1:06:49 - Breaking Down One Light Photos 1:11:46 - TTL vs Manual 1:13:47 - TTL to Manual on the FJ Wireless System 1:17:09 - How to use TTL/Manual 1:22:46 - Getting Creative with Flash #photography #fj80 #fj200 #fj400