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Taking a flattering portrait with flash

Taking a flattering portrait with flash

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Taking a flattering portrait with flash

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- Learning to get good results with flash takes a lot of practice, and one problem with practicing flash is you gotta have somebody to shoot. So a lot of times you'll think, "Oh, I'm gonna go out and learn flash." And then you find, "I don't really have a subject." So you don't end up doing the practice, and so it can just be hard to get good at. You might really notice this when someone comes to you and says, "Hey, you're a photographer. "I need a portrait, or I need a headshot, "or I need a picture for my website." And you go, "Great, I'll break out my flashes." But then you realize, "Oh, that's right. I never got around to practicing, "I don't really know what I'm doing." So, what I want to show you right now is a really simple, foolproof way to get a great flash shot with a single flash. Chrissy has shown up, she needs her picture taken. She wants a nice, simple headshot, a nice portrait. We've got a pretty…

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