Outdoor portrait photography flash use skills by Goa159
For most of the portrait photography lovers, the use of flash on a possible error, think flash is used for lighting during the day, sunshine is intense outdoor portrait photography, flash serves no good strength, and of course, this kind of understanding is more one-sided. Will only use of natural light to take pictures of people not use flash, and is able to flash must understand natural light, so the really good works are not necessarily a pure flash flash, but natural light and the right combination of artificial light. Although natural light has the advantage of real nature, make good use of natural light can be very appropriate showing photography site atmosphere, but natural light and is not perfect, it well can’t appear on each need to illuminate of place, so add flash will help to fill the shortage of natural light, and improve the quality of the picture. When a good command of the flash technology skills, and into the future after creation, you’ll find that the same content, the same picture, but the work is “more upward”.
A portrait of fill light outdoor, the day-as a flash light supplement
Do not think that only in the dark to need to use flash, and sometimes in the light is enough, also must use a flash for the light. A kind of circumstance is light in filming, main body and the background of the contrast is very big. If the account of the subject to exposure, then background inevitable excessive exposure, and normal reduction to the background, main body and exposure is insufficient, the need to use flash for light.
The following figure, when shooting environment is in the afternoon sun, the environment light as sunset dark down, but the impact of the light, the light is still very bright. Characters backlight, facial slants dark, filming the picture, first to metering environment, so that the data is F3.5 aperture and shutter is 1/250, after the completion of the metering, put the camera switching to M files, set the aperture shutter, open the flash light, TTL mode, minus 1.5 files output, eventually shot pictures, character face exposure to normal, atmosphere and obtain the better reflect.
In the girl’s hair and work for the outline of a circle around sweater warm line, and the background isolated, also highlighted the main characters, positive flash light supplement. Picture composition, notice the subjects with a little bit of the main body of the sun block, avoid dazzle too severe.
Shooting parameters: nikon D3 he 85/1.4 digital camera lens aperture F4 shutter 1/250
Shooting steps:
Generally in the weather is fine, blue sky and white clouds light environment like shooting, due to the main body and the background of the shooting environment light sent too big, and take into account both the normal exposure is not easy. If the face of the portraits for the basis of metering, the background will have a aeration, no details. If the blue sky for the basis to metering, the portrait face will be underexposed, even became the silhouette.
Use TTL flash or automatic flash light is a subject for effective methods:
1. At first to do background metering. And then switch to M model, the aperture, shutter value set in the results have metering (need to pay attention to the shutter must be in the flash sync shutter range).
2. Use TTL flash or automatic flash shooting on the subject for the light.
Lovers of the film, using backlight shooting skills outstanding picture warm warm emotion atmosphere. Flash abate 1 output file.
Shooting parameters: nikon D3 digital camera nickel 24-70/2.8 lens aperture F3.2 shutter 1/200 seconds
Note item: the backlight photography, in order to enrich the picture levels and obtain good colour reduction, need a flash for the fill light. Generally speaking, used for filling light does not play flash strong power lighting, and attention should be paid to control flash brightness, avoid excessive fill light. General can be set to equivalent to normal underexposed about two gears. If use camera zoom lens wide-angle lens or the equivalent of the standard of the shooting Angle, will be set to “weakened” flash file can prevent excessive fill light.
Tip: in the flash head add a lambency hood. Small flash of light in a relatively hard, so can add a light cover, if do not have, with a layer of tissue paper can also be covered. Such light can softer.
The day outdoor photography, still have a kind of situation, we also is to use flash light supplement, such as overcast environment, or in the shade and other scene, outdoor light even, we are with the flash light supplement to the character, can make the skin colour and lustre character more smooth and bright beautiful, this kind of filling light, because light even, we can directly metering shooting, yes, of course, the general must reduce two gears flash about output, to weaken strong light trace. The following figure: model lying on the leaves, flash minus files output, the character of colour and lustre is bright beautiful.
Shooting parameters: nikon D3 digital camera lens aperture F3.2 shutter he 85/1.4 1/60 seconds
Second, the day outdoor like filling light-a flash for the main light.
In outdoor portrait photography, when we use flash photography as a main light, flash can pressure dark environment light, the blue sky can be more blue, the environment level more clear, presented picture, often have strong individual character characteristic, simple sense is strong, rich details. As the Lord of the shooting with the flash light, and we can be summed up in one sentence photography mentality: with aperture to flash control in the face of the brightness, with shutter control the brightness of the environment.
As the chart, we first metering to the environment, the data from the metering, F11 aperture and shutter 1/125. Get environment after metering data, we set the strength of the flash numerical, set in F11, shutter can be set in 1/250, so, not only ensure the brightness of the characters, the environment also to pressure dark a, highlight the picture fashion sense. If think environmental light or too strong, can continue to adjust exposure combination.
For the sun light source, positive flash light supplement, had a strength, a little pressure on a dark background.
Shooting parameters: nikon D3 digital camera nickel 24-70/2.8 lens aperture F8 to shutter 1/125 SEC
Photography: if you want to show blue sky and white clouds, in the bare conditions, if want to make more blue sky, it must take a positive light with the outside light supplement, cooperate natural light, to enhance the effect of light, promote positive light and the background than light, make more blue sky. In the light conditions, measured data of natural light first, reoccupy light from the direction of the backlight take light supplement, flash 0.5 or higher data must be natural light 1 case, it can achieve the effect of more blue sky..
Note item: the moment of flash light last time is very short, generally for one over one thousand seconds. So the camera flash control exposure control only and aperture and set about mode, and the shutter speed have nothing to do. Shutter speed as long as guarantee in flash sync range, no matter how to change, as long as the autoflash aperture and set the same, flash exposure is the same. We can put the foreground subject to flash the main lighting, environment to the sun for the light source. Choose and order a correct subject solid flash exposure aperture value, and then working on the door speed adjusting speed, at this time, the subject has been aperture exposure for almost a solid and any change, environment can be pressure greatly brightness dark, the subject and the environment can be separated.
Tip: take the special flash can equipped with many efficacy accessories, light cover can make the light is downy qualitative change, use block panels, can use light more accurately. In a different color piece into, can change the color of the light. If the lamp shoot only as a natural light under the condition of the fill light use, you can directly in any position on the main body of the reflector produce light supplement, controlled room more strength, position can be more freely adjust.
Filming on the balcony, in the camera on metering data file M set, adjust the numerical aperture, pressure on a dark background, character and environment separated, express picture atmosphere.
Shooting parameters: nikon D3 digital camera nickel 24-70/2.8 lens aperture F13 shutter 1/100 SEC
Three, night portrait
Generally speaking, the night scene shooting unfavorable use flash, using the aperture and long exposure, can show the beautiful at night. In the night shooting average use like flash, if open direct flash shooting portrait, the character is normal reduction, but the back of the night but very dark, can’t reduction, so this time needed to use the slow flash functions.
In general in the night, background are usually very dark, in order to let the background of light and color are revealed, this time may be 1/10 SEC, also may be more long. And for the prospects of the model, because we use the flash, in fact need only 1/100 seconds of time can be completed exposure.
As the chart, we first metering of background, found aperture 2, the shutter 1/10 seconds, can achieve the background of the accurate exposure, we direct manual exposure will adjust to aperture 2 combination, the shutter 1/10 seconds, then we will choose to open flash light, TTL mode, minus files between 1.5 to 2, abate figures flash trace. This shot of the effect, we can see the background faint light and model face is the full exposure, background light create soft atmosphere, model organically fuses in the background, let the whole night scenes like the more have lasting appeal.
In this photo, we in order to get the background light falsified effect, we especially has chosen a large aperture NIKON 85 mm F1.4 large aperture lenses, will be set up in the two aperture, the large aperture obtain obvious background flare effect. We can see from the photograph, the background flare well foiled the model expression, let whole night than during the day as the portrait appears more gently beautiful and harmonious.
Shooting parameters: nikon D3 he 85/1.4 digital camera lens aperture F2 shutter 1/10 seconds
Shooting parameters: nikon D3 he 85/1.4 digital camera lens aperture F2 shutter 1/15 seconds
Shooting steps: first metering to the environment, to set the camera aperture and shutter combination. Then open the flash light, TTL model, setting on flash flash reduce, the set of values can be set according to the specific conditions, generally in 1.5 files or so, put the camera on the tripod frame, filming, unless shooting special effects, to remind model after flash do not move, because in order to background exposure to normal, the shutter time is long, 1/10 seconds or longer, model moves characters are fuzzy falsified.
Note item: if hand than high-end equipment, it means that you can’t use high ISO to improve shutter speed realize handheld shooting, so, you have to prepare a solid tripod, this is a beautiful night view like indispensable conditions.
Tip: to take a dream of the night one spot, the choice of the scene is especially important, we shot usually selected square, stores and pedestrian street and neon lights, street light, light than rich place, this will make pictures have such effect.
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