Flash or Not

Since I'm not an expert in flash photography I asked chatGPT for help

IMHO many of you started with a pop-up flash. When you try to use it very frequently the photo of terrible. Many just give up. We are thin about the inverse square rule for light. As I said I'm not an expert. We talk about it but seldom is any demonstration to reinforce the information. Basically it's left to an exercise for the students.

So read all the information. Create your own experiments.

Year or so I purchased "The Digital photography book" by Scott Kelby. Starting Pg 105 "Using Your flash like a pro".

The short answer is no TTL, Manual only, don't use flash unit on your camera. Use RF remote trigger, use a flash compatible with the trigger. Practice, practice, practice and more practice. Use modifiers.

 Youngunuo or Godox are lower price and frequently used.

So I asked chatGPT