Want to improve your flash photography while suspended from a sheer a cliff? Check out Nikon’s new tutorial series.

In order to celebrate the launch of their new Google+ profile, Nikon introduced 'Nikon Behind the Scenes,' a 15-video photography tutorial series. The tutorials cover a pretty broad range of photo techniques: photojournalist and editorial photographer Joe McNally will present a series of tutorials on lighting techniques, from beginner to advanced; adventure photographer Corey Rich will present extreme action, outdoor shooting and video tutorials; and portrait shooter Tamara Lackey will present a series on portrait and family photography: children and pets included.

We don't know how much mixing there will be between these categories, but we couldn't resist imagining a video about off-camera lighting for an extreme sports shoot, or a romantic portrait shoot on the side of a cliff. 

The first video starts off fairly basic, but it would cover all the basics if we were totally new to reading light. As you can expect from the name 'Joe McNally,' the shots are beautiful:

 

Image © Joe McNally.

Check out the 'Reading Light' tutorial here:

And here's the schedule for the rest of the videos in the series: