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When walking through Toronto recently, I noticed this picture you saw a few days ago: Tip One of the day: when you see an interesting colour, take a shot (which is why you always have a camera handy – right?). … Continue reading
Flash Tip: Bright Days
Following on from my previous post, one more quick flash tip. On bright days, decrease your exposure. Then use flash to fill in the foreground. Here: a bright recent day. Not bad, but can we do better? I woujld like … Continue reading
Tip time: Fill Flash
Tip time: fill flash and how it works. Fill flash means flash “helping a little”. It is not a particular type of flash; it is a particular use of flash. In fill flash, the flash is used to light up … Continue reading
Flash tip of the day
When you are using TTL flash (metered, automatic), you sometimes get too-dark foregrounds. This can be because a setting is wrong, or because there is just not enough power available from your flash. It is important to know which one … Continue reading
Flash balancing, step by step
Many of you have asked me to give a simple step-by-step instruction of how to balance light using flash. OK, so here we go. Step one: the normal shot. Say you are shooting outdoors. And the background is bright. So … Continue reading
Outdoors with flash: what mode?
Let’s assume you follow my advice and use your flash, as fill flash, outdoors. Say for pictures like this. In that case the question will be, what mode do you use on your camera? You want aperture in a certain … Continue reading
