UJC #14: To Flash or Not to Flash - That is the Quest!

The Shutter Brothers are back (with new theme music!) with some really "bright" ideas about how to use flash. Kelley draws upon his experience as a part-time wedding photographer to explain the different kinds of flash units out there and how they can be used to improve your flash photography. You'll want to go grab your camera and flash and follow along as Kelley discusses the difference between manual, automatic, and dedicated flash units, and how to get the best from the particular flash you have. Also, we'll learn about bounce flash and night time flash portraits. Prepare to be illuminated (sorry, couldn't resist.)

While we all will face situations where we really need to use flash to light our subjects, there are situations where we all wish we could shoot without flash. Kevin has been wanting to be able to photograph teachers and students doing what they do daily in the classrooms of the elementary school where he teaches music. While he could have ordered some high speed color negative film (Kodak Portra 800 or Lomography 800, for example), he decided to use the film he had on hand (Kodak ColorPlus 200) make it work as if it was ISO 800 by using a process called "pushing." This allowed him to photograph students and teachers with less distractions, and the results were quite good. Listen as Kevin explains how the shooting and developing process works when pushing color negative film.

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