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Conns Cameras, Canon and the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers have teamed up with award winning Photographer Rick Friedman for a series of Canon Speedlite Workshops. Rick will mix live demonstrations with multi-media presentations from several of his more noteworthy location shoots. So if you want to get the best out of your Speedlite, improve your lighting techniques or learn to be more creative with light, these are the seminars for you.

If you book on one of the Canon Speedliting Workshops you will also receive a voucher for €35 that can be redeemed against purchases of any Canon equipment over €250 in value, in store on the day of your seminar. Terms and conditions apply.

Date: 15th September 2010

Cost: €35 per session, per person

Talk Synopsis

Speedlites Demystified & Untangled (09:30 - 12:30)

• How you see vs. how your camera sees
• Using Speedlites to craft light

Speedlite Controls

• Deciding between manual and E-TTL flash control
• Putting Flash Exposure Compensation to use
• Learning all the Syncs: High-speed, 1st-curtain, 2nd-curtain, Slow-speed

Modifying Light

• How to build a visual vocabulary when looking at light
• Using your Speedlite’s bounce and zoom as a light modifier
• On-flash modifiers: diffusers and bounce reflectors
• Larger modifiers: umbrellas, reflective and diffusion disks
• Moving The Speedlite Off-Camera
• The best uses for on- and off-camera Speedlites
• Corded solutions for moving your Speedlite off-camera
• Setting up the 580EX/EXII as a wireless Master
• Setting up the 580EX/EXII and 430EX/EXII as wireless Slaves

Suitable For

Novice to intermediate shooters. No prior experience with Speedlites is necessary. You are encouraged to bring a DSLR and Speedlite so that you can follow along with the demonstrations on how and when to push the buttons and turn the dials.

Taking Creative Speedliting To The Next Level (13:30 - 16:30)

Off-Camera Strategies

• Sorting out radio triggers: dumb vs. intelligent
• Options for 3-group wireless set-ups
• wireless strategies for event and wedding photographers

High-Speed Sync

• The mechanics of High-Speed Sync
• Turning noon to night
• Freezing action while Speedliting

Advanced Light Modification

• Expanding your visual vocabulary as a Speedliter
• On-flash modifiers: grids, snoots, ringlights
• Off-flash modifiers: softboxes, beauty dish, panel diffusers and reflectors

Speedlite Strategies

• Custom functions: Optimizing your Speedlites
• Gels: The When, Why, & How:
• Why Hollywood invented gels
• Mixing Speedlites with other light sources
• Using white balance and gels together for creative effect

Suitable For:

You should be familiar with the fundamental operation of a Speedlite and the basic concepts of flash photography. If you are a novice who wishes to jump in with both feet, then you may attend this session if you attend the morning seminar Getting Started With Creative Speedliting. You are encouraged to bring a DSLR and Speedlite so that you can follow along with the demonstrations on how and when to push the buttons and turn the dials.