Elja Trum

Book about flash photography in nature photography

Monday 19 November 2018, 15:15 by | 5,518 views | 2 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Flash photography gives nature photographers mixed feelings. Some do not like it, others swear by it, and a third group immediately says it harms animals. Some find it easy, but most struggle with the settings.

But did you know you can use flash in such a way that your subject is much better exposed, without being able to see that you used flash? In macro photography, landscape photography and wildlife photography, using flash well can produce significantly better photos.

Flash Photography: A Practical Guide for Nature Photographers

Seven well-known nature photographers who regularly or even always use their flashgun have combined all their knowledge and experience in a Practical Guide to flash photography for nature photographers. Oh, and I contributed one chapter myself, with lots of basic information about flash photography.

In this practical guide, we set out everything you want and need to know about flash photography. With lots of practical examples, we show how you can use flash in countless ways to get better-exposed photos.

The book Flash Photography: A Practical Guide for Nature Photographers (ISBN 9789079588220) has 192 pages and will be published on 24 November 2018. Until then, you can order the book online at the pre-order price of 21.90 euros (excluding 1.95 euros postage). After this date, the shop price will be 27.90 euros.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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2 comments

  1. jos vandebergh
    jos vandebergh wrote on Monday 19 November 2018 at 16:34  | reply

    For us poor Belgians, the shipping costs are €5.85....

    Translated from Dutch.
  2. Elja Trum
    Profile Elja Trum wrote on Monday 19 November 2018 at 17:05  | reply

    @Jos; that is indeed less!

    Translated from Dutch.

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