The process I used was as follows. Set the camera to manual with shutter speed on the maximum sync speed. Set an aperture of around f8 and set ISO to 100 or 200. Take a test shot and chimp the histogram. Adjust the aperture to achieve the background effect you want, make it really dark if you want, there is no correct exposure. Position the subject with the sun over his shoulder at 45 degrees. Set up your flash directly opposite the sun. Maybe half power. Try it out. Adjust flash power or flash distance to suit.Thursday, 20 September 2007
Crosslight in Full Sun
This aim of this exercise is to use flash balanced with ambient light to create an interesting image in a situation when the light is essentially awful for 'available light' photography. 
The process I used was as follows. Set the camera to manual with shutter speed on the maximum sync speed. Set an aperture of around f8 and set ISO to 100 or 200. Take a test shot and chimp the histogram. Adjust the aperture to achieve the background effect you want, make it really dark if you want, there is no correct exposure. Position the subject with the sun over his shoulder at 45 degrees. Set up your flash directly opposite the sun. Maybe half power. Try it out. Adjust flash power or flash distance to suit.
The process I used was as follows. Set the camera to manual with shutter speed on the maximum sync speed. Set an aperture of around f8 and set ISO to 100 or 200. Take a test shot and chimp the histogram. Adjust the aperture to achieve the background effect you want, make it really dark if you want, there is no correct exposure. Position the subject with the sun over his shoulder at 45 degrees. Set up your flash directly opposite the sun. Maybe half power. Try it out. Adjust flash power or flash distance to suit.
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