Description
Wireless Flash with Gary Friedman
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 1:00-6:00 pm
Cost: $150 Members / $165 Non-Members
Wireless Flash is the single best tool you have to produce “Wow!” images, yet it can be incredibly intimidating. (A sample Wireless Flash gallery can be found at https://www.FriedmanArchives.com/wireless-examples/ .) In this combination lecture and workshop, professional photographer Gary Friedman (www.FriedmanArchives.com) shows how to get the most out of these tools without needing any technical know-how.
In the first half, he provides a lecture and a demonstration of how to get great lighting using only one flash; in the 2nd half all participants break up into groups of 3 and practice these techniques using the wireless-capable flashes they already own. Often this is all it takes to break people out of their intimidation and allow them to truly embrace this powerful tool for adding impact and drama to their images in ways that smartphones just can’t do.
Take your photography to the next level by learning this crucial tool to control your light! This workshop will be fun and revelatory
About Gary
Gary L. Friedman is a professional photographer who has traveled the world with his cameras and runs the stock image website FriedmanArchives.com. He has also written several highly acclaimed e-books on digital imaging, with books on specific cameras from Sony, Fujifilm, and Olympus. His photography and writing have been published in magazines, newspapers, and books worldwide, and he is associate editor of CameraCraft magazine in the UK. He was also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for building the world’s smallest telephone way back in 1980 (before cell phones or cordless phones were around). Before graduating to photography, he was a rocket scientist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he patented the image authentication system now used in high-end digital cameras from Canon and Nikon.
Gary’s best-known works are the 1988 “Peace Child in Latvia,” a photojournalistic documentary about a historic exchange between Soviet and American high-school student back in the days of the cold war, his 2003 China Blog about his adventures teaching English in China, and his 2018 tour in Vietnam where he documented the humanitarian work of Hearts for Hue, helping the poorest neglected citizens of this former capital care for themselves. Gary keeps busy now with photo assignments, image licensing, writing books, and acting as a distributor for a most unique musical instrument called a Xaphoon. In his spare time, (Ha!) he is traveling the world offering highly acclaimed photography seminars to any photo club that is interested. Gary@FriedmanArchives.com
