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About the Author
Photograph © Krystal Lamberty.
Since opening Beautiful Portraits by Michael in 2001, Michael Mowbray (M. Photog, Cr.)
has gone on to win many awards for his portraiture and was named International PPA
Photographer of the Year Gold Medalist in 2011 and Bronze Medalist in 2012 and 2013.
He has had the highest scoring wedding portrait in Wisconsin seven times, including
Wisconsin Best of Show–Wedding in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. He
has won the prestigious Kodak Gallery Award five times and the Fuji Masterpiece Award
for Outstanding Wedding Portraiture three times. Michael has also been named one of the
top ten photographers in Wisconsin multiple times. He has earned both his Master
Photographer and Photographic Craftsman degrees from Professional Photographers of
America (PPA), and speaks around the country on the topics of weddings, seniors, and
speedlights. See more of Michael’s work at his consumer website,
www.beautifulportraits.com. His website dedicated to photography education can be
found at www.michaelmowbray.com.
Copyright © 2015 by Michael Mowbray.
All rights reserved.
All photographs by the author.
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Contents
Foreword
1. Understanding Speedlights
The World of Speedlights
The Pluses and Minuses of Speedlights
2. Manual Mode: The Basic Way to Start
Light Meters
The Metering Mode
Camera Exposure Settings
Flash-Sync Speed
ISO Setting
Aperture
Proper Exposures
3. TTL: A Different Way of Working with Speedlights
How TTL Works
Making a TTL Exposure
TTL in Practice
High-Speed Sync for Shallow Depth of Field
Deep Depth of Field
Communicate TTL to Off-Camera Flash
4. Free-Range Speedlights
Corded Remote Flash
The Quick List
The Terminology
PC Cords
TTL Cords
Optical Slaves
Optical Sensors, Part 2: Infrared TTL
Simple Manual Radio Systems
Advanced Manual Radio Systems
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