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>>87045 True. I grew up around computers and the Internet from the age of four, and I'm extremely comfortable just figuring things out with them. Horrible at explaining it, though.
>>87039 >(like the need to light everything like a commercial photo)
Dear God I hate that: the monolithic imposition of style, the style itself, etc. etc.
Plus the idea that it's somehow a good thing for photojournalists to go firing off flashes at public events. People act sensational enough already without being reminded every flash recharge cycle they're going to be in the media. I'm not an available light freak per se, but I've found in my own photographs and in others that the less the person was aware of the camera, the more genuinely revealing the photograph is. Flash is a great way to control the aesthetics of a shot, but putting style above content is never a good idea for any sort of artist, especially for journalists.
Oh, and few flash layouts can beat a nice north window at the right time of day.
Still, I don't know of any lighting tutorial as exhaustive (or free) as the Strobist.
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