The presence of a flash on the camera greatly facilitates the work of the photographer, since you can adjust the amount and brightness of light yourself. However, if you do not follow certain rules, using the flash will lead to flashing on faces or the appearance of red eyes.
Necessary
optional tripod, reflectors, external flash
Instructions
Step 1
The built-in flash of the camera gives out quite a little light, so with this flash you will get pictures only if you photograph at a short distance from the subject. In addition, the light from the built-in flash is harsh and harsh without softening or scattering like an optional flash.
Step 2
To soften and diffuse the light from the flash, you can buy special reflectors or use natural ones - these should be large white surfaces (for example, ceilings or walls). You can cover up the built-in flash with a piece of white paper in macro photography.
Step 3
Your camera may have different flash modes: auto, fill, forced, off mode. This flash fires whenever the unit automatically detects that the lighting level is insufficient. The downside to this mode is that shots are often heavily overexposed in the foreground and heavily darkened outside the range of the built-in flash.
Step 4
Fill-in flash. In this mode, the flash output is determined by the existing lighting, that is, it complements it, and the light in the picture is balanced.
Step 5
Forced flash fires at full power in all conditions. This mode is recommended for pictures that require a variety of special effects.
Step 6
Flash off is recommended when the subject is out of the flash range (for example, at a football stadium). In this case, the photographer is helped by a long shutter speed and a wide open aperture. It is best to use a tripod when doing this.
Step 7
If your camera does not have a fill-flash function, you can improve the quality of your photos as follows. Take spot metering in different lighting levels, set shutter speed and aperture to the resulting values. Adjust the flash a couple of values below the required distance and set the aperture. You can change the flash output level using ISO values.
