Did you ever have that photo of you and your friends were all you can see were shiny faces and bright lights? You must not have used you camera flash the right way. Well, your camera flash works in a lot of ways to enhance your photo or either destroy it. It's up to you, to get a great shot using your camera flash. Here are some tips on using your flash the right way.
1. Bounce it. One way to produce good looking photo with the use of your flash is by not directly aiming the light at your subject but by bouncing it on a wall or ceiling. With this technique, you get t illuminate your subject without blowing up her face like a mug shot. When you bounce the light on a wall or ceiling, you get to have a wider, diffused light source for your subject.
2. Flag It. Most people think that the flash comes out like one straight beam like a strobe light. Well, actually, your camera flash produces a light that comes out into a wide pattern and thereby spilling some light. This would lead you to have portraits that have shadows all over the place. In order to control this light, you can try to flag it by placing a small piece of opaque material or black foam at the edge of your flash to block some of the light.
3. Use the Ambient Light. You can add some great detail to your photo just by simply using the ambient light. Get your light to match it with the light of your subject's surrounding so you could avoid having a dark tunnel effect. You can check your manual on how to set your flash to automatically adjust o the environment's light.
4. Turn it off. Sometimes, turning off your flash might be the best way to capture that image you want. Natural Light sometimes gives more meaning and depth to your subjects. But if you're still onto bringing some bright life, you can still use your camera flash to add some zing to your photos.
1. Bounce it. One way to produce good looking photo with the use of your flash is by not directly aiming the light at your subject but by bouncing it on a wall or ceiling. With this technique, you get t illuminate your subject without blowing up her face like a mug shot. When you bounce the light on a wall or ceiling, you get to have a wider, diffused light source for your subject.
2. Flag It. Most people think that the flash comes out like one straight beam like a strobe light. Well, actually, your camera flash produces a light that comes out into a wide pattern and thereby spilling some light. This would lead you to have portraits that have shadows all over the place. In order to control this light, you can try to flag it by placing a small piece of opaque material or black foam at the edge of your flash to block some of the light.
3. Use the Ambient Light. You can add some great detail to your photo just by simply using the ambient light. Get your light to match it with the light of your subject's surrounding so you could avoid having a dark tunnel effect. You can check your manual on how to set your flash to automatically adjust o the environment's light.
4. Turn it off. Sometimes, turning off your flash might be the best way to capture that image you want. Natural Light sometimes gives more meaning and depth to your subjects. But if you're still onto bringing some bright life, you can still use your camera flash to add some zing to your photos.
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