Customer Ratings:

• Not good enough if you want to learn more advanced flash photography. I m an experienced natural light photographer but not so happy in using flash beyond sticking it on auto and letting the camera/flash automatic settings do their work. I bought this book to learn more and found it distinctly lacking. This is great if you need something more than the instruction manual to tell you what each button is for and how to stick in on auto, but is very limited in teaching the practical application and more advanced uses of the canon speedlight system. I want to use my flash in manual more, I want to use it off camera, use multiple speedlights and learn more about bouncing and diffusion. Though this touches on those things its not in the depth I expected from a book dedicated to flash photography. Also as per the previous review, too many pages on posing etc. If I wanted that I d buy a general photography book.
  
• Could Be Better. The best thing about this book is that the author gives full data showing f/stop and shutter speed for each image. However, for quite a few of the author s images this technical data will serve better as an example of how to produce snap shots.
  I was disappointed to find chapters on portrait posing and composition. There are specialised books that cover these subjects, and frankly they cover them much better.
  I d only recommend this book if you are a beginner who is looking to use off-camera flash for the first time. Certainly not a book for advanced or pro photographers.
• Brilliant book - essential for Speedlite novices. I ve recently bought my first camera and the Canon Speedlite 580 EX to go with it. After hours on the internet I still had no idea how to use the flash. The instruction booklet is accurate, but very brief. Hence I was confused about how to set the flash up and when to use the various functions.
  
  This book is very detailed and has lots of clear photos and instructions on how to use the flash. Furthermore it has real world advice on which features to use for various sorts of pictures.
  
  As far as I know it is the only book of it s kind and essential for anyone using Canon s Speedlites for the first time. Professionals probably wouldn t get much from the book, but then it is aimed at amateurs and enthusiasts.

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• Canon 580EX II Speedlite Flash Unit
• STOFEN OM-EY FOR CANON 580EX & 580EX II
• Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera