Not too long ago Piet Van den Eynde released an ebook titled Making Light that really helped my understanding of off camera flash. It was a $5 well spent for me. I don’t use off camera flash all that often but when I do I want to be able to do it well. Once the ambient light dips really low and I want to keep making compelling images a flash-especially an off camera flash-is essential. Making Light helped me a great deal.
Yesterday he released his second book in the series, Making Light 2 through the really awesome folks at Craft & Vision. Making Light 2 picks up where Making Light leaves off and takes the reader deeper into understanding working with off camera flash. Van den Eynde works through High Sync Flash, working with multiple flashes, advance triggering systems, different modifiers, and what to do when your small flash units just don’t cut it anymore.
I particularly enjoyed the 4 interviews he includes at the end. It was great fun to read about more takes on off camera flash and see the work of yet more people. This helped me understand what can be a mind blowing subject for some, including me at times.
So, if you enjoyed Making Light and want to explore off camera flash in more depth then this book is for you. If you have yet to read Making Light I would recommend it. Even though I don’t use off camera flash all that often that book helped me to notice and understand different qualities of light and how to work more effectively with them. Then I could add more light if I wanted to. Better to have more tools in the toolkit than less.
Special Offer on PDFs: Use the promotional code MAKINGLIGHT4 and you can have the PDF version of Making Light II for only $4 OR use the code MAKINGLIGHT20 to get 20% off when they buy 5 or more PDF ebooks from the Craft & Vision collection. These codes expire at 11:59pm PST October 24th, 2011.
Making Light Bundle: Get both volumes for just $8. There’s no product page for this package on the C&V website but you can make your purchase by simply clicking the direct shopping cart buttons below.
