First Location Session - 1st August 2011

This was the first lesson where we looked at the use of our speedlights, shooting with manual and TTL (Through the lens) mode.

Looking at guide numbers and how the distance of the subject to the flash can can affect the exposure.

As you can see, Ellory in the foreground is exposed correctly and Greg in the background is under-exposed.

The output of the flash was too strong for the distance between the subject and the flash.

                Out put of the flash was lowered and I was able to get a more evenly exposed image.

Panning with flash.

The image of Ellory on the left has been taken with flash and a long shutter speed, This allows for the ambiant light in the background to be exposed correctly. You can see the difference to the second image on the right where the image was taken with a shutter speed of 250th of a second - my cameras sync speed. This doesnt allow enough time for the backgroung to be correctly exposed.