Canon Speedliting Workshops

City and Dates

7th September 2010 - The Flash Centre, Birmingham - MORNING SESSION FULL
8th September 2010 - Wilkinson Cameras - Southport
9thSeptember 2010 - Calumet, Manchester - BOTH SESSIONS FULL
10th September 2010 - The Flash Centre, Leeds - MORNING SESSION FULL
13th September 2010 - Fixation UK, London - BOTH SESSIONS FULL
NEW DATE ADDED - 15th September 2010 - Westbury, Dublin (Conns Camera)

Cost: £30 per session, per person
Ireland: €35 per session, per person

Talk Synopsis

Rick Friedman will mix live demonstrations with multi-media presentations.

Speedlites Demystified & Untangled (09:30 - 12:30) - Morning Session

How you see vs. how your camera sees
Using Speedlites to craft light

Speedlite Controls

Deciding between manual and E-TTL flash control
Putting Flash Exposure Compensation to use
Learning all the Syncs: High-speed, 1st-curtain, 2nd-curtain, Slow-speed

Modifying Light

How to build a visual vocabulary when looking at light
Using your Speedlite’s bounce and zoom as a light modifier
On-flash modifiers: diffusers and bounce reflectors
Larger modifiers: umbrellas, reflective and diffusion disks

Moving The Speedlite Off-Camera

The best uses for on- and off-camera Speedlites
Corded solutions for moving your Speedlite off-camera
Setting up the 580EX/EXII as a wireless Master
Setting up the 580EX/EXII and 430EX/EXII as wireless Slaves

Taking Creative Speedliting To The Next Level (13:30 - 16:30) - Afternoon Session

Off-Camera Strategies

Sorting out radio triggers: dumb vs. intelligent
Options for 3-group wireless set-ups
wireless strategies for event and wedding photographers

High-Speed Sync

The mechanics of High-Speed Sync
Turning noon to night
Freezing action while Speedliting

Advanced Light Modification

Expanding your visual vocabulary as a Speedliter
On-flash modifiers: grids, snoots, ringlights
Off-flash modifiers: softboxes, beauty dish, panel diffusers and reflectors

Speedlite Strategies

Custom functions: Optimizing your Speedlites
Gels: The When, Why, & How:
Why Hollywood invented gels
Mixing Speedlites with other light sources
Using white balance and gels together for creative effect

Booking form 'click here'

Vouchers:

Book on one session and you will receive a £30 voucher to be used against Canon products.
Book on 2 sessions and you will receive 2 £30 vouchers to be used against Canon products.

You can only use 1 voucher per transaction, purchases must be over £200

Venues:

Walters Photo Video - 6th September
Unit 29
Cwrt-y-castell
Caerphilly
CF83 1NU

The Flash Centre - 7th September
2 Mount St Business Centre
Mount St
Birmingham
B7 5RD

Wilkinson Cameras - 8th September
38 Eastbank Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 1ET

Calumet Photographic Ltd - 9th September
Unit 4
Downing Street Industrial Estate
Ardwick
Manchester
M12 6HH

The Flash Centre - 10th September
Unit 7 Scala Court
Leathley Road
Leeds
LS10 1JD

Fixation UK LTD - 13th September
Unit C
250 Kennington Lane
London
SE11 5RD

The Westbury Hotel, Dublin (Conns Camera) 15th September
The Westbury Hotel
Grafton Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

All bookings are final. We reserve the right to change speakers and exhibitors without notice.

Due to unexpected circumstances Syl Arena will unfortunately no longer be hosting these workshops. Regrettably, Syl has been advised not to travel on an extended basis for the next 4-6 weeks.

We are fortunate to have been able to secure the services of Rick Friedman, who is a multiple award winning Photographer with a vast knowledge and experience of the Canon Speedlite system. Therefore, the format and content of the seminars will remain unchanged.

Rick Friedman has been a photojournalist for over three decades. Based in Boston, he travels the world for numerous publications, corporations, advertising assignments and film and television productions. His published work appears in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, The New York Times, USA Today, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Stern, Discover and many other publications. He has produced over 75 book and magazine covers. The books Hillary Clinton, Infra Structures, and The Gourmet Prescription are a few of his projects. Rick Friedman is currently the President of the Boston Press Photographers Association. Rick has won awards from the American Society of Media Photographers, the National Press Photographers Association, and the Boston Press Photographers Association.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish Syl a speedy recovery and we hope to see him here in the UK soon.

We look forward to seeing you on the tour.

All bookings are final. We reserve the right to change speakers and exhibitors without notice.

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