Portrait Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots by Erik Valind

Author:Erik Valind
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2014-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Nikon D800 • ISO 1250 • 1/60 sec. • f/4 • 70mm lens

Figure 6.3 Overexposed subject with Flash Compensation set to 0.

Nikon D800 • ISO 1250 • 1/60 sec. • f/4 • 70mm lens

Figure 6.4 Properly exposed subject with Flash Compensation set to -1.0.

Nikon D800 • ISO 1250 • 1/60 sec. • f/4 • 70mm lens

Figure 6.5 Underexposed subject with Flash Compensation set to -2.0.

Pop-up Flash

Your camera’s pop-up flash is the little undercover “brutha” you didn’t know you needed until you did. One of the first tips in this book was to turn off this flash and to leave it off—until now that is. Most photographers start out as “natural light” shooters, simply because they don’t have any other lights available to them in the beginning. We all have a pop-up flash though, and when used properly, the pop-up flash is a handy tool that’s always with you, so let’s figure out how to finesse the best light out of it.

Red-eye Reduction

Sometimes the use of your pop-up flash produces what people call “snapshot” lighting, which is basically overexposed faces with red eyes. Well, you now know that with Flash Compensation, overexposing your subject is no longer a concern. But what about those devilishly red eyes?

Glaring red eyes somehow crop up now and again when you deploy your pop-up flash. That is the case in Figure 6.6 where the subject was standing on a dark sidewalk and was lit entirely with a pop-up flash. Not a very flattering look, is it? Where did that red light behind his eyes come from?

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