Bill Hurter's Small Flash Photography ─ Techniques for Professional Digital Photographers

With the surge in popularity of small flash photography, this guide is a timely resource for shutterbugs looking to take full advantage of a growing trend. Studio flash systems are expensive, unwieldy, and often require the help of a hired assistant. The advent of the small flash allows working photographers to avoid large investments, gives them mobility when traveling to off-site photo shoots, and offers them functionality for illuminating small areas. Covering all aspects of the small flash, including gear selection, placement of flash units, and proper settings and communications, this helpful how-to also offers techniques and practical advice from a variety of practiced shooters who work with this illuminating medium. Professional and aspiring photographers will reap the rewards and overcome the challenges of shooting with a small flash with the help of this instructional manual.

Bill Hurter has been a professional photographer for more than 30 years and is currently the editor in chief of Rangefinder magazine. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Best Wedding Photography Handbook, Portrait Photography Handbook, and The Portrait Photographer’s Guide to Posing. He lives in West Covina, California.