Vanessa Joy
Vanessa Joy has been an influential wedding photographer in the photography community for years. Starting her photographic journey in 1998, she has since earned 5 college degrees, started her own business in 2008, and began teaching around the world in 2009. Vanessa has spoken at almost every major convention and platform in the industry such as CreativeLIVE, Clickin’ Moms, WPPI, ShutterFest, Imaging USA Trade Show, PPA related conventions, in addition to hosting personal workshops and numerous small business and photography conventions around the globe. Recognized for her talent and more so her business sense, her clients love working with her and industry peers love to learn from her generous, informative and open-book style of teaching.
Can you create an off camera flash look by using bounce flash? What do you have to know to fight the bounce flash vs off camera flash battle in case you don’t have an OCF to use. Watch how Vanessa works her way from off camera flash indoors to create a similar look by using on camera flash indoors with and without a reflector.
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PRODUCTS USED:
- Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Full Frame Digital Camera
- Canon RF 28-70mm 2.0 L
- Profoto A1X
- Profoto B10
- Manfrotto Lightstand
- Profoto OCF 2′ Octa
- Profoto OCF Speedring
- Lastolite Trigrip Reflector
