top of page

Blog

Get To Know Your Camera's Flash

Writer: Amanda BierbaumAmanda Bierbaum

Need to understand how to use your camera's flash to get rid of harsh shadows and fill in features? Read our quick tips on flash.

FLASH

Artificial light, to evenly light up subject

  • Built in Flash - can be handy in some situations. May be too bright, need to adjust to dial down the power of the light.

  • Add-on flash - more power, faster recycling, bounce capability, additional features

Flash has limited distance it can go - plan for illuminating 10-12 feet

Works best that have subjects that are fairly flat

Groups of people have to be same distance - and lined up

TTL AUTO Flash - Great for people photography

Automatically figure out how much power to

Flash exposure compensation

Dial it down to -1 , -2, -3 - compare for best light.

TTL -1 TTL-2 etc.

Best setting

-1/-2

Flash Tip

Get the flash off the camera - cables, remotes, do whatever you can to get flash off camera.

You can bounce light with this, and are synced up with your camera.

Comments


© 2018 Amanda Bierbaum. Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page