Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Experimenting - Pop Up Flash

Pop up flash are underrated due to its low power, low reach, and well, we can turn the thing in another direction.

But, flash photography is still important, especially when taking portraiture, or in fact anything. Since light plays a major role in all photographs and pictures, [unless you like to a black image through out] we actually need more light to make it as though there is no light. [a.k.a no shadows]

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As the photo suggest, there is no clear visible shadows on the model, yet she is well lit [thought about using well exposed, but then it would seem wrong] because during the photo shot, studio lighting or maybe strobes are used to take the photos.

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In my case, I simply used the pop up flash on my D90, set it to rear curtain sync, in just aperture priority mode, set the negative (-1) exposure compensation for the flash and good to go. Without the flash, there would be visible shadows due to the angle of the brochure. [Don't know why there's a lot of pictures of a single clothing item on a brochure]


Yeah, the image looks kinda soft cause its a printed material.

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