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What: Using the fill flash technique to create correct exposure in difficult lighting situations.
How: Metering to different places in the photo, adjusting exposure, and adding fill flash.
Why: It is important to know how to use the manual settings to create images that look the way you want them to.
Background
Foreground
Middle ground
By controlling light on each layer, you can guide the viewer's eye and create separation between elements.
What is in the foreground, middleground and background of this image?
What is in the foreground, middleground and background of this image?
How to add the flash on your Iphone:
How to add the flash on your Iphone:
Exposure for the background
Exposure for the background
How to Fill Flash:
How to Fill Flash:
Exposure
Exposure
Place your subject in front of a nice background like a window.
Exposure for the window!
Take photo!
Turn on your camera flash!
Turn on your camera flash!
3. Keep the same exposure (for you the window/ background) but add the in camera flash
4. Take your photo again with flash on!
Exposed for Subject
Exposed for Subject
The light meter reads the light on the subject
Exposed for background
Exposed for background
The light meter reads the light in the background.
Exposed for background with fill flash
Exposed for background with fill flash
The Assignment:
The Assignment:
You will need a model for this assignment.
Grab your model and you will take six PORTRAITS of them in different lighting with and without the flash.
IN THE SHADE (open shade):
Expose for the background (but remember, your subject should still be in focus)
take a photo with flash off
take same photo with flash on
BACKLIT (sun behind your subject)
Expose for the background (but remember, your subject should still be in focus)
take a photo with flash off
take same photo with flash on
DIRECT SUNLIGHT (sun above or in front of your subject)
Expose for the background (but remember, your subject should still be in focus)
take a photo with flash off
take same photo with flash on
*See the examples below of the subjects in different lighting (shade, backlit, direct sun) without the flash (left) and with the flash (right)
3. Return to class, place your six photos on the handout (below) and submit to Canvas.
File > save a copy > JPG > save to desktop
IN THE SHADE
IN THE SHADE
*Subject is in open shade*
BACKLIT
BACKLIT
*The sun is BEHIND the subject*
DIRECT SUNLIGHT
DIRECT SUNLIGHT
*The sun is above of or in front of the subject*
What do you notice about each?
exposure
brightness
focus
angles
proximity
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