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Collin Flash Fill   Featured in PhotoFlash #056
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Collin flash fill #2
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Scott Ferguson

member since: 9/19/2007
    Hello, How do you determine the brightness of your fill flash? Is it an on-camera flash or off-camera?
Thanks!

10/31/2007 1:55:32 PM

 
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Hi Scott,
Thanks for your question. I often use the negative numbers, generally negative 1 or 2 on the flash compensation dial. However, in this case, I was using a manual strobe so I had to guess and evaluate the image on the LCD and with the histogram. This doesn’t take very long - usually just a single test shot. I had the strobe on a bracket just to the side of the camera. Regardless of how you do it, flash fill is one of the best ways to make better outdoor portraits.
Thanks for asking!

10/31/2007 3:11:27 PM

 
Ricky Bourque
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Wow!!!!! Very pretty..nice capture!!!......Well Done!!

~Rick

11/21/2007 4:12:39 PM

 
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