Better FLASH means Better Profits DVD

guest appearances by Nick Coury.  TWO DVD SET

Recorded live in Cincinnati in May of 2008, this popular day-long seminar has been edited down to just over 3 hours of freshly updated info and lots of new content seen only on this DVD that includes the best facts, tips, answers and great ideas on how to make better on-camera and off-camera flash photos that generate better sales with your Canon, Nikon or Fuji DSLR's using Canon, Nikon, Metz or Quantum flashes.  This is the best, most comprehensive resource we have ever made if you are looking for answers on how to use TTL, use a second flash, shoot groups both big and small, improve your exposures and color, trigger your  flash wirelessly and make more dollars per hour when you shoot events.
Industry-leading flash expert Will Crockett from ShootSmarter.com presents the latest updated version of how to make TTL work with your flash on the camera - then off the camera; shooting with one or more flashes.  Will also shares and demonstrates when NOT to use TTL and instead choose the AUTO and MANUAL exposure modes on the flash with spectacular results.  Nick Coury joins Will in showing some time and money-saving tips on how to move files out of the camera and into the lab, as well as how to make more money from shooting on-camera flash images. 

This 2 disc video set is crammed full of great info and some terrific Q&A between Will, Nick and the audience members. Here's a detailed list of the topics covered:

Disc one

Chapter 01: Intro: Professional Flash Considerations.
• Does the type of equipment really matter?
• Decisions to make today.
• Integrating your photographic STYLE into flash images.

Chapter 02: Getting Started with TTL
• Getting consistent color and exposure from TTL
• RAW or JPEG or BOTH – who cares.  Kill it and Bill it.
• Updated list of ShootSmarter approved TTL flash gear.
• Will's Goal: Skip ALL Photoshop work on ALL event images whenever possible.

Chapter 03: Comparing TTL Flashes
• Canon, Nikon, Metz and Quantum Flashes.
• Choosing the right flash for your work makes your life easier - here's how.

Chapter 04: Setting up your camera for TTL
• Canon setup, Nikon Fuji setup.
• Attaching a flash to the camera correctly prevents troubles.
• Controlling the roomlight / ambient light with flash.
• More updated TTL tips.

Chapter 05: Smart ways to power your flash
• External battery packs on any pro flash – pros and cons.
• Camera brackets and hiding unsightly cables for a more professional "look".

Chapter 06: ISO and aperture settings
• TTL Preflash is the key to any correct TTL exposure.
• Don’t prefocus and reframe with TTL!  Here’s why!

Chapter 07: Using a flashmeter with TTL?
• TTL fillflash just doesn’t work well, here's why.
• Recommended flashmeters.
• Measuring roomlight before the shoot.
• Setting custom white balance(s).
• Will shoots live shots of the audience with perfect color and exposure.
• TTL / autofocus pickup sensor pitfalls.

Chapter 08: Light Modifiers for your flash
• Will’s updated list of modifiers for:
            Shoe mounted flashes,
            Bracket mounted flashes
            Qflash users
• Tips on when and how to use each one.
• Distance between camera and subject affects quality.
• The secret compartment!  :  )

Chapter 09: Smart File Transfer and Uploads with Nick Coury
• Copying CF cards.
• Backup on CD / DVD
• External hard drive backups.
• RAW file processing software suggestions.
• Color space issues for printing to the lab.
• Online proofing ideas.

Chapter 10: Nick Coury’s Online Proofing Example
• Nick shows his event site and online ordering system.
• Will chirps in on with his online proofing system.
• Customer order alerts via email or cell phone.
• Watermarks on images – Nick and Will discuss their positions on using them.

Chapter 11 Shooting in MANUAL exposure mode
• Camera in manual exposure mode and flash in manual exposure mode.
• Basic wireless triggering.
• Metering the flash with the wireless trigger.

Chapter 12: Controlling color
• Custom white balance tips.
• The truth of using White / Grey / Black cards.
• ExposDisc – where it works well.
• BalanceSmarter tips.
• When to use a GREY card, when to use a WHITE card for CWB.
• Using multiple CWB parking slots.
• Tips for using AUTO White Balance instead of custom or fixed.

Chapter 13: AUTO flash Exposure mode
• How AUTO is different than TTL.
• Use AUTO for fill flash work – not TTL.
• Learning to use TTL, AUTO, and MANUAL exposure flash modes with ease.
• Secrets to building flash confidence.

Disc two

Chapter 14: Photographing small groups
• f 2.8 lenses vs. f 4.0 lenses.
• zoom lens coverage vs. flash coverage.
• Will sets up and shoots a groups shot live.
• Boosting light QUALITY for groups.
• Quick and simple 2 light setup for groups.
• Bounce light off the wall for a group shot?  YOU BET!
• Great questions from the audience about Qflash, Nikon and Canon flashes.

Chapter 15: Large groups with on-camera flash
• Making BIG light.
• Analyzing flash vs. the available light.
• Will sets up and shoot a 5 person wide group shot with amazing light quality.

Chapter 16: Using multiple flashes
• Battery-powered studio strobes.
• Will's "blue dots" exposure method for lighting and shooting an entire room.
• Tips for shooting outdoors.
• More color control tips for shooting on-the-go.
• Using a second flash as a background light.
• More great questions from the audience.

 Chapter 17: Tips on using ROES (aka BOSS) to order from the lab
with Nick Coury
• File naming and renaming.
• B&W is coming back!
• Converting your color files to B&W.
• Nick cracks up the room with his experiences with photographing babies!

Chapter 18: Working with accurate and color calibrated monitors
• How the lab rezzes up files.
• Accuracy of laptop monitors.
• Profiling monitors.
• Adding a color-accurate monitor to your laptop or desktop computer.
• Will's latest recommendations for monitors.
• Monitors for color files vs. B&W files.
• Color profiling kit suggestions.
• Profiling your projectors for better color and better sales is now easy!

 Chapter 19: Working with wireless flashes
• The pros and cons of triggering with the built-in IR (Infra Red) systems.
• Using a wireless IR Canon (STE2) or Nikon (SU800) transmitter to trigger remote flashes.
• Adding a Quantum Qflash to the Nikon or Canon IR triggering system is easy.
• Will shoots a live 2 light TTL shot with main and fill light that looks great!

Chapter 20: Radio triggering of flashes
• Using Pocket Wizards.
• Triggering a Qflash with a Pocket Wizard.
• Will's cable and adapter recommendations.
• Using the Elinchrom Skyport wireless triggering systems.
• Connectiong ANY flash to ANY triggering system.
• Using the FreeXwire wireless triggering systems.
• Radio-based wireless TTL with the Qflash (works great!)
• Quantum Qflash wireless tips and options to consider.

Chapter 21: Using NIK Color Efex Pro with Nick Coury
• Minimum Photoshop with maximum effect.
• Nicks example images.
• Color Efex Pro tips.

Conclusion with Will Crockett. 

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