How to Shoot in Natural Light - AdoramaTV Episode # 46
I happened across this 13 minute video while surfing around various photography contest sites. Surprisingly appropriate considering my upcoming assignment for outdoor photography!
The host, Mark Wallace, covers 5-in-1 diffuser/reflector usage as well as fill flash with an on-camera flash and finally - placement of the subject in various light.
The re-iteration that cloud-cover affords a photographer a giant "soft-box" in the sky is displayed with a few photos. To brighten up the images, the photographer uses an on-camera flash, aimed directly at the subject, to achieve fill light. He points out that when using fill-flash, the flash must be in 'high speed sync' mode, to achieve shutter speed sync over 1/200th of a second. The flash is aimed directly at the subject. ETTL takes over to determine the appropriate power of the strobe.
1/250th @ ƒ/11
The photo above was taken at my sister-in-law's college graduation about 2 years ago. The fill flash was used precisely as dictated in the video, with the sun under a slight cloud cover at camera right. However, this particular shot has some very unflattering light within. A few photos from later in the day, group shots namely, came out OK. If memory serves, I was actually playing with the flash's EV compensation, and powering the strobe both up and down as I shot to achieve the correct exposure.
I'll need to make a concerted effort to test out fill flash in a variety of lighting situations in the next day or so.
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