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Fill Flash ?
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I am a self taught photographer . I learn by experimenting and asking I am going to be shooting outdoors using a flash light . ll i need to know what are things that i need to take care off. i.e how do i set the appeture considering that there will be other light sources as well? -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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Will your flash be the main light or a fill light?
Abheet Gidwani via PhotoKB.com wrote: Hello .. I am a self taught photographer . I learn by experimenting and asking I am going to be shooting outdoors using a flash light . ll i need to know what are things that i need to take care off. i.e how do i set the appeture considering that there will be other light sources as well? |
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Will your flash be the main light or a fill light?
Abheet Gidwani via PhotoKB.com wrote: Hello .. I am a self taught photographer . I learn by experimenting and asking I am going to be shooting outdoors using a flash light . ll i need to know what are things that i need to take care off. i.e how do i set the appeture considering that there will be other light sources as well? |
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well am shooting at night .. so i guess my flash will be my key light .. and the street lights will be my ambient.. or if i shoot in the day i still would prefer my flash light to be my key light .
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well am shooting at night .. so i guess my flash will be my key light .. and the street lights will be my ambient.. or if i shoot in the day i still would prefer my flash light to be my key light .
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Abheet Gidwani via PhotoKB.com wrote:
well am shooting at night .. so i guess my flash will be my key light .. and the street lights will be my ambient.. Disregard them for your purpose ____________ or if i shoot in the day i still would prefer my flash light to be my key light . Then you will have to meter the ambient light and choose a shutter/aperture combination that will under expose it while giving correct exposure for the flash. Not always easy to do with focal plane shutters. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.05... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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Abheet Gidwani via PhotoKB.com wrote:
well am shooting at night .. so i guess my flash will be my key light .. and the street lights will be my ambient.. Disregard them for your purpose ____________ or if i shoot in the day i still would prefer my flash light to be my key light . Then you will have to meter the ambient light and choose a shutter/aperture combination that will under expose it while giving correct exposure for the flash. Not always easy to do with focal plane shutters. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.05... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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well am shooting at night .. so i guess my flash will be my key light .. and the street lights will be my ambient.. or if i shoot in the day i still would prefer my flash light to be my key light . meter ambient light, select an f/stop that can give you enough flash exposure and enough ambient light. remember: flash is controlled by the f/stop and output power ambient is controlled by the f/stop and shutter speed. your flash sync speed (for focal plane shutters) is the maximum speed that will allow the flash to fire while the shutter is open fully from one side to the other, you can usually shoot at slower speeds and many cameras have choice of first or second curtain flash (so the streaks can look like they are following the subject and not streaking through them) so you could select a large f/stop or low output from your flash and then look at your meter and select a shutter speed that will allow the ambient to build up. if your flash is the key light then you want your background to be one stop under, maybe 1.5 stops if your flash is fill then select an f/stop or output power that will be one stop under the ambient exposure on the subject. |
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well am shooting at night .. so i guess my flash will be my key light .. and the street lights will be my ambient.. or if i shoot in the day i still would prefer my flash light to be my key light . meter ambient light, select an f/stop that can give you enough flash exposure and enough ambient light. remember: flash is controlled by the f/stop and output power ambient is controlled by the f/stop and shutter speed. your flash sync speed (for focal plane shutters) is the maximum speed that will allow the flash to fire while the shutter is open fully from one side to the other, you can usually shoot at slower speeds and many cameras have choice of first or second curtain flash (so the streaks can look like they are following the subject and not streaking through them) so you could select a large f/stop or low output from your flash and then look at your meter and select a shutter speed that will allow the ambient to build up. if your flash is the key light then you want your background to be one stop under, maybe 1.5 stops if your flash is fill then select an f/stop or output power that will be one stop under the ambient exposure on the subject. |
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