Barbara Helgason |
How to Meter a Backlit Sunset Portrait
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Jon Close |
Meter the sky, and you'll get good sunset exposure, but your foreground subjects will be in the dark. Meter on them, and the sky will be overexposed. You've hit on the solution: Meter for the sky and use fill flash (or reflectors) to light up your foreground subjects. The only other alternative is to "cheat" by taking two pics - one exposed for the sky, the other for the people - and combine them digitally.
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Barbara Helgason |
Thanks John, I am going to give that a try, hopefully the results will be much better this time!
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Roy Blinston |
Firstly, put your camera on a tripod (ask the model to keep very still). Put your camera on "manual mode". Take a reading of the sunset and adjust settings accordingly... then pop up your flash and take the pic. Because pop up flash is only good for about 8 feet, you can use and adjust your distance to match (experiment). You only have about 10 or 15 minutes of twilight time to get the perfect shot. Take lots of pics during this time.
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