How do I use my Flash?

Cameras react to light to create a photo, and through my journey of photography I have grown to love flash photography and how it can change a photo.

Flash photography using a speedlight will give more natural colour tones, hide shadows and bring out detail that was hiding.

A great example of what a flash can do is to fill in the light needed if you are taking a photo of someone with light behind them, like the sun, without flash you get a great silhouette. If you want to get the subjects facial detail you can use fill light to do this.

Bounce flash is a great way to eliminate shadows, especially with a wall close behind someone. Instead of the shadow falling directly behind the subject, the flash is seemingly eliminated by changing where the shadow falls.

By bouncing the flash on a 45 degree angle the shadow drops closer to the ground and out of the shot. Making the photo look more 3D, give the subject better colour tone and look more natural.