Flash photography tip: Photograph from multiple angles

Thursday 14 September 2023, 13:07 by Elja Trum | 2,608 views | 0 comments

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

Setting up and adjusting your flash units can take a few minutes. It would be a shame not to get the most out of them. There is an easy way to add extra variety.

Yverdon - f/9, 1/160s, 100 ISO @ 63mm
Of course, you can ask your model to strike different poses. That already gives you some variety.

You can get much more variety by moving around your model yourself. Leave your flash units where they are and simply walk around your model, taking photos from different angles.

You will quickly get different photos, because the light falls on your subject in a different way in each photo. Not every angle will work, but it helps you see more creative possibilities.

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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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