hmmm, I'll have to look into flash compensation, I dont even know where to change my flash strength. I want to learn this. Why do the full flash ones seem less lit than the -1/3?
Thank you for sharing this, very kind of your model to cooperate :)
@monika64 Monika - I know... I can't really make sense of it... As for figuring out where the settings are, I have Jeff Revell's book on the canon 2i so that helped a lot... Then I also used the instructions @agima provided on the camera settings challenge discussion thread... If nothing else, I now see the hive benefit of using fill flash when taking photos in bright sun light - who knew?!!!!
@northy I was just reading about that and used a fill flash on the flowers on the window sill photo (20th May) Apparently bright sunlight is one of the only times you do use a flash....who knew?!!!
Little tip, if anyone is bothered by the effect/sharpness of their pop-up flash and can't afford a flash unit. Get a table tennis ball, carefully cut a slit in it, and pop it onto your flash. This will take the glare out of the flash, reduce red-eye, and soften the light. The colour of the ball will affect the flash colour effect, of course. Poor man's flash light diffuser.
Also, flash in sunshine will help even the light out and make details that much clearer. Just beware how far your flash reaches.
@northy@monika64 To test this accuracy you model really has to be at the exact same distance from the flash. If they move a little bit it changes the whole look. You don't get this problem to some extent with studio strobes as they have a lot more power.
Yes you should use flash in full sun with the sun at the back of the subject. It allows you to turn down the sun while bringing up the subject to match.
Ha ha..what a fun collage, and educational too. I never use the flash and don't know how yet...guess I am going to have to figure that out sooner or later!
@httpgeffed ha ha ha... tx Colleen... my boys generally do not pose for me... and when they do, they tend to behave quite badly... so they were quite thrilled to be allowed to make as many faces as they liked... my husband won't pose for me either... he's as camera-shy as i am... however, he has not taken my approach of "the best defense is a good offense" and he does not pick up the camera ever!
Thank you for sharing this, very kind of your model to cooperate :)
Little tip, if anyone is bothered by the effect/sharpness of their pop-up flash and can't afford a flash unit. Get a table tennis ball, carefully cut a slit in it, and pop it onto your flash. This will take the glare out of the flash, reduce red-eye, and soften the light. The colour of the ball will affect the flash colour effect, of course. Poor man's flash light diffuser.
Also, flash in sunshine will help even the light out and make details that much clearer. Just beware how far your flash reaches.
Yes you should use flash in full sun with the sun at the back of the subject. It allows you to turn down the sun while bringing up the subject to match.