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How to shoot portrait at 2 o'clock against ocean? I'm shooting a bunch of portraits and the client wants the ocean as background. The only time frame is mid-day and I don't have time to put up a big tent on the cliffs over the ocean. I intend to use my sb100 flash with my nikon D70. I do have a difuser on the flash. I'm worried the ocean and sky with be washed out. Any good ideas? I thought I'd bring a big umbrella to see if I could cast shade but I don't have time to test. I have to shoot today. Thanks
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John G. Clifford Jr |
The D70 is especially well-suited for fill-flash shots due to Nikon's excellent TTL flash metering. This camera has a fill-flash mode, but with other Nikon products I simply run the camera in manual mode and set it one stop faster than the ambient light indicates, i.e., if the scene meters at 1/60th of a sec @ f/8, I set the camera to 1/125th of a sec @ f/8. Then, using the ability of the camera to control flash exposure automatically, take a picture of your subject in front of the scene. This should result in a correctly-exposed subject with a slightly dark background full of visible detail. The difference in contrast makes the subject 'pop out' from the background for a nice effect. Any camera can do this by manually setting the camera's exposure to -1 EV from the indicated exposure, and putting the subject at the necessary distance so that the chosen aperture gives proper exposure with the flash. A zoom lens helps with composition.
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