Books on using flash needed

[jimmy martin]

Can anyone recommend a good tutorial on understanding and using flash in manual and auto modes? Are there any good books to get me up to speed. I want to shoot some weddings for friends and on location portraits. I will be using a Mamiya C330S and a Sunpak 555. I like the big square negative of the 6x6.

Jimbo

 

[stillsilver]

Hi Jim. Welcome to APUG.

Electronic Flash in the Kodak workshop series would be a good one. It just deals with flash units and not strobes. I don't know if it is still in print though.

Mike

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

One of the best basic books on lighting is Hunter, Biver and Fuqua, _Light: Science and Magic_. It mainly covers studio lighting situations, but the principles apply to location and on camera flash.

 

[pauliej]

Check your local library, and see what they have. The photo section is 770 in Dewey number system. I hope this helps you.

Paul

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Also look at strobist.com for lots of suggestions on getting sophisticated effects with portable flash units.

The Lighting forum on photo.net is also a good source of information.