Comments on: 8 Tips for Beautiful On-Camera Flash Photography

By: Barry Perhamsky

Barry Perhamsky — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:47:38 +0000

Place a person a distance from a window. The window should be on the side of the subject. Now have the subject turn slightly to the window. You should position the camera so you are facing in front of the subject. Now take an exposure meter reading of the subject. Let’s say 1/60 @ f/5.6. The window is the main source of light. Look at the shadow on the person’s face. Set the flash for fill and aim the flash head at the ceiling. You don’t have to tell the flash half or quarter the brightness because the flash is being bounced off the ceiling or wall which absorbs some light. The flash will lighten the shadow, but not eleminate the shadow. It’s like loop or Rembrant lighting.

By: Danish Hussain Danish Hussain

Danish Hussain Danish Hussain — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:47:00 +0000

very Nice n Good work,thanks

By: Trendisoft

Trendisoft — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 03:55:00 +0000

Definitely agree with you

By: Joseph MacDonald

Joseph MacDonald — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:59:00 +0000

I think great advice to a beginning photographer is don’t use a flash for a long time. Find out what your camera can do only with the natural light. Then, when you have learned all the limitations of natural light, go buy a flash and begin to discover what that can add to your work. Than again I still don’t have an external flash, so I don’t know if my advice is good or helpful :-/

By: guido

guido — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:45:00 +0000

In reply to Craig Knoerlein. Off camera flash refers to a flash that is off the camera.... so not attached on top of it

By: Craig Knoerlein

Craig Knoerlein — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:21:00 +0000

In reply to me. That's what I was thinking too. I always thought "off camera flash" referred to a flash unit.

By: me

me — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 11:54:00 +0000

To me an on camera flash is the built in one, not an external one…

By: Ian Scott

Ian Scott — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 11:00:00 +0000

It is worth noting that in high speed sync your flash output is greatly reduced, and your batteries take a pounding too, all due to the way the shutter / flash work together, in high speed sync your flash effectively becomes a constant light source. For seriously great advice on flash photography check out http://www.neilvn.com

By: Mokilo

Mokilo — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:38:00 +0000

I hate this class

By: Peds

Peds — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:43:00 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. A camera flash bracket will help.