Canon 580 EX MKII Speedlite, Canon 5D MKII and 100 f2.8 macro lens

Introduction to Using Speedlites and Off-Camera Flash
Location: Park Cameras, Burgess Hill
Fitness Rating:Classroom/Easy
Cost: £99.99 including refreshments, light buffet lunch, workshop notes

Photographers such as Joe McNally & David Hobby aks Strobist have in recent years raised the popularity of studio style lighting with portable flash units.

This one day workshop introduces photographers to best practice when using their hotshoe flash or Speedlites on and off camera. The hotshoe flash on its' own can be your friend or foe. During this workshop we'll show you how to get the best from hotshoe flashes using simple techiques and equipment.

If want to improve your lighting skills and create begin your journey to creating some stunning images then this is the workshop for you. Please contact Ian Pack for more information.

To see some examples of the kind of images you can create with off-camera hotshoe flash open the following links:

www.tastables.co.uk
Here you'll find a screen saver on the downloads page and stunning images throughout the website created using only two Canon 550EX Speedlites.

www.facesofbusiness.co.uk
Faces of Business was a concept we created to show local businesses what experienced professional photographers can achieve with limited kit and in a very limited time scale. Ben & I photographed 22 top business people only allowing a maximum of 20 minutes per person (in most cases only 5 minutes!), with only a Canon 5D Mkii DSLR, Canon 580 EX Mkii Speedlite, 50 mm f1.4 or 100 mm f2.8 macro prime lenses and some basic light modification. And to make the project more of a challenge, we didn't meet the person before the session nor know where we would be creating the images.

Faces of Business has been exhibited at the annual Burgess Hill Business Parks Association Show and at Virgin Base in Crawley. If you know of a business show that would like to exhibit Faces of Business, do contact us.