Expose for Inside and Out
September 3, 2008 | Filed Under interior, on-camera flash, photography tips | Leave a Comment
The framing of the shed I am building.
For the past six weekends, I’ve been building myself a storage shed in my backyard. This past Labor Day I finally completed it and started loading it up with my junk stuff.
I had been taking photographs all along it’s progress and in looking back at all of the images, I thought I would share a technique I use to balance both the indoor and outdoor light.
This first image was early on in the framing stage. You don’t think of this as an interior photograph, but if I had just exposed for the sky, the framing would have been underexposed, and you would have seen no detail in the framing at all. Alternately, if I tried to properly expose the framing, the sky would be blown out. Solution — balance the light with your flash!
To Fill or Not to Fill
June 14, 2008 | Filed Under ambient light, on-camera flash | 2 Comments
Most people when they think of using flash, think of indoors in low-light. Well, outside in bright sunshine, flash can be your friend as well.
How many times have you been outside taking pictures only to find all your subjects faces dark and the background beautifully exposed? Sure, you could adjust your exposure to expose the faces better, but now you’ll have a background that is blown out. A better solution is fill-flash.
Welcome Maestra!
October 1, 2007 | Filed Under events, off-camera flash, on-camera flash | Leave a Comment
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On Friday night the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra opened it’s 2007 season at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. This night also welcomed Maestra Marin Alsop, the first woman to head a major American symphony.
For this night, I was contracted to photograph the “after-party” consisting of candids and some posed shots for the BSO of the cast and BSO donors. To help light the room and subjects, I utilized two off-camera strobes, as well as an on-camera flash for fill light.
There were approximately 300 in attendance, and the mood of the night was extremely up-beat. I’m sure the champange and food helped, but in general I think everyone was extremely pleased with the nights performance.