Introduction to Canon Speedlite Flash Photography - Course Outline

This is a beginner's course in Speedlite flash photography. If you already have a fairly good grasp using your Canon DSLR and want to venture into the world of off camera flash photography with one of Canon's Speetlite flashes, this is the course for you. Start understanding your flash and learn how to use it creatively.

Course Outline:

Week 1 - Control and Modes
. Basic Flash Operations
. Exposure Modes
. Flash Exposure Compensation
. Sync Modes

Week 2 - On and Off Camera Flash
. The Importance of Shadows
. When On-Camera Flash Works Well: Fill Flash
. Moving One Speedlite Off-Camera
. Creating Dramatic Shadows

Week 3 - Modifying Flash Output
. Making The Speedlite Appear Larger
. Modifiers That Make The Speedlite Appear Smaller
. Change The Color Of A Speedlite
. Limit What The Speedlite Illuminates
. Speedlite’s Built-In Modifiers

Week 4 - Shoot out.

What you will need:
. Canon DSLR
. Canon Speedlite 430ex or 580ex

Course Times:
A 4 week course. Once a week. 2 hour sessions.
Group size minimum 3, maximum 5.
Private one-to-one instruction also available.

Location and dates to be determined based on group.

Course Price:
Group - $150
Private - $250

Lens reviews for Canon cameras

These are two very good websites that I refer to for lens reviews for Canon cameras:

http://www.photozone.de/canon_eos_ff

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/

There are others but I like their format and their range of lenses reviewed.

Right now, I'm exploring going all manual, including lenses. And the Samyang lenses look rather interesting and even tempting for their price point as well as quality.

Several new Samyang releases here:

http://dpreview.com/news/1105/11050505samyang35mm8mm.asp