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Setting up a macro-specific flash unit - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photography Foundations: Macro and Close-Up
Setting up a macro-specific flash unit
In the last movie, you saw a simple example of using a regular external strobe, both with and without a softbox or diffuser, to help get some light into your macro scenes. There are dedicated macro flash units that you might want to consider if you get serious about macro photography, especially if you get serious about macro flash photography. You may have heard of a ring light. That is a type of flash that goes right around the edge of your lens, and has a ring of lights. I don't have one here, because I just don't really recommend using a ring light. It leads to a very flat kind of lighting. And, it also creates a very specific kind of reflection inside anything that's shiny in your scene, like water droplets, or people's eyes, or things like that. I prefer something like this. It's maybe a little unwieldy, but this is a twin light. This is one made by Canon. There are lots of variations of this on the market. And, what I like about this is it gives me a lot of flexibility with the…
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Working with direct light6m 13s
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Macro and the angle of light2m 24s
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Augmenting direct light with reflectors6m 42s
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Continuous lighting to add fill to a macro shot5m 55s
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Lighting your macro scene with continuous light4m 50s
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Lighting the macro scene with strobes4m 59s
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Setting up a macro-specific flash unit3m 21s
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Shooting with the Canon Macro Twin Lite7m 56s
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Shooting macro in a light tent3m 31s
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Shooting macro on a light table7m 8s
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