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Photography Ttl
Blogshop Product Photography
If you are a blogshop owner, you would have encountered sooner or later the need to take photographs of the products you are selling. This could be daunting if you do not know where to start.
I will show you the easiest way to get started, without investing in expensive studio equipment. The most important item in your gear, next to your camera and lens, is a speedlight (external flashgun) with a tilt and swivel head. Forget the built-in flash, it will give you a very amateurish result.
In fact, you don't even need a DSLR (digital SLR). A compact point-and-shoot with a hotshoe mount will be good enough! As long as the camera has a hotshoe mount for the speedlight, it will do just fine.
In the workshops that I have conducted, a growing number of participants are showing up with Nissin speedlights, which are surprisingly good value for money, and they deliver a performance similar to Nikon's own speedlights. The Nissin Di866 Flashlight is even more powerful than Nikon's flagship speedlight, the Nikon SB-900 Speedlight, for less money! The Nissin speedlight also has a PC sync port that is so useful for combining on-camera TTL flash with other off-camera wireless remote speedlights, a technique I teach at my SimpleLIGHT PhotoClass for advanced flash users.
Have your speedlight mounted on your camera, set the speedlight to TTL mode, and the camera on Manual exposure mode. Here are the recommended settings to start with: ISO 200, Aperture F5.6, Shutter Speed 1/90, White Balance: Flash.
Aim the speedlight to fire at the ceiling or a nearby wall, but NOT directly at the product you are shooting. And…click away!
The result will be similar to this photo which is sold in my Shutterstock gallery, which was taken with the same technique, using an entry-level 6-megapixel DSLR, kit lens and an SB-600 speedlight:
TTL mode on your speedlight measures the amount of light coming through the lens and outputs just the right amount of flash power so that your object is properly lit.
If you find that the object is not entirely sharp (you may have larger objects that require more depth-of-field) then use a smaller aperture like F8 (smaller apertures have bigger F numbers, larger apertures have smaller F numbers). You may also need to increase your ISO setting to 400 so that you don't overwork your speedlight. Also be careful not to exceed your flash sync shutter speed, usually 1/200. Otherwise you will be going into high-speed sync territory, and your camera may not be properly set to handle this technique.
About the Author
Andy Lim runs a profitable photography business that spans wedding photography, commercial photography and conducting photography workshops.
For more useful information on photography, please visit www.goodphotography.info
TriCoast Photography 2 Disc DVD on TTL Wireless Flash
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Zeikos Off-Camera Shoe Cord AF TTL (Canon) $15.09 This heavy duty TTL cord is designed to fit Canon Cameras that use dedicated flash units. Connect your Canon Speedlite on one end of the cord while the other and will be mounted to the Hot Shoe unit of your EOS camera, useful when you wish to achieve off-camera flash photography results without the harsh shadows behind your subjects common when using direct flash exposures. Features a molded shoe on one end that slides onto the camera hot shoe and locks to prevent accidental dislod... |
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Zeikos Off-Camera Shoe Cord AF TTL (Nikon) $12.99 This heavy duty TTL cord is designed to fit Nikon Cameras that use dedicated flash units. Connect your Nikon flash on one end of the cord while the other and will be mounted to the Hot Shoe unit of your camera, useful when you wish to achieve off-camera flash photography results without the harsh shadows behind your subjects common when using direct flash exposures. Features a molded shoe on one end that slides onto the camera hot shoe and locks to prevent accidental dislodgin... |
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