Speedlights & Speedlites: Creative Flash Photography at the Speed of Light

Canon Speedlites and Nikon Speedlights are small, off-camera flashguns that can provide big results - if you know how to use them properly.

Accaimed Boston photographer Lou Jones guides you throught the technical and creative aspects of how to get the most out of these powerful tools in this indispensable guide, packed full of his own inspirational images and comprehensive diagrams of the lighting set up he used to capture them.They are significantly more advanced, lighter and considerably cheaper than a standard flshgun, and have many advantages.

They are small (and cheap) enough that a number can be carried in your kit, and they can be used in combination, triggered wirelessly.

They use through-the-lens (TTL) metering, which allows you to use the in-camera LCD and histograms to calculate the required power/direction, rather than havng to use a light meter or trial and error.

They use proprietary, dedicated technology (from Canon and Nikon) that means there are no compatability issues.Getting the most out of them, however, remains a mystery - most photographers still just use their speedlights in the same way as a standard flash gun.

This is where this book comes in.