Portrait Photography Tips - Flash Photography Tips
The technique is fairly simple. Choose the colour of filter that you want the background to be and place it on the flash heads that will be lighting the background. Light your main subject separately using unfiltered flash heads. If the foreground is to be included in the shot and also coloured, light it using separate flash heads filtered to the colour you desire.
#4 - Get close to the subject
With the digital cameras and memory cards we have available now, it is a very worthwhile practice to take a ton of shots. You don't have to waste your money or get disappointed because half of the shots you took with your film camera were not good. Simply delete the bad, print the good!
Tip #2 - Get up close and personal
Tip #9 - Have fun
Christmas is an amazing time of year! So much color, so much fun and so many treasured moments! Here are a few Christmas Photography Tips that will help you take memorable photos this holiday season with your digital camera.
You can get some great shots outside at Christmas, but you might tend to think you don't need your flash. Oftentimes, the faces of the people in the photo are dark while the background lighting is bright. Turning your flash on and using it will help to light up their faces.
Placing the subject right in the middle of the picture often result in boring pictures. To spice things up a bit, imagine that the image you see through the viewfinder have three vertical and horizontal lines equally distributed, forming a perfect grid.
#4) Type of Light: Light from a flash can often be very harsh. It is often helpful to bounce the flash off a wall or the ceiling, especially lighter colored ones. Another handy tip is to use a diffuser over the flash. Small plastic units will work, some use hosiery, some will angle a white notecard in front of the flash. Trial and error will help you determine what works best for you. Keep in mind that diffusers will reduce the amount of light produced. You must adjust your exposures accordingly.
Have some fun and get interesting shots by getting on a chair and shooting down. Kneeling or laying down on your stomach can make your shots more dynamic and personal. Getting eye level with your subjects will also produce great shots.
You'll often get the pictures you want just pointing your camera at the subject and hitting the shutter button, thanks to the advanced auto focus found in newer cameras.
The technique is simple in itself, but the direction of the light becomes fairly critical because you do not want the various coloured lights interfering with each other.
#4 - Get close to the subject
With the digital cameras and memory cards we have available now, it is a very worthwhile practice to take a ton of shots. You don't have to waste your money or get disappointed because half of the shots you took with your film camera were not good. Simply delete the bad, print the good!
Tip #2 - Get up close and personal
Tip #9 - Have fun
Christmas is an amazing time of year! So much color, so much fun and so many treasured moments! Here are a few Christmas Photography Tips that will help you take memorable photos this holiday season with your digital camera.
You can get some great shots outside at Christmas, but you might tend to think you don't need your flash. Oftentimes, the faces of the people in the photo are dark while the background lighting is bright. Turning your flash on and using it will help to light up their faces.
Placing the subject right in the middle of the picture often result in boring pictures. To spice things up a bit, imagine that the image you see through the viewfinder have three vertical and horizontal lines equally distributed, forming a perfect grid.
#4) Type of Light: Light from a flash can often be very harsh. It is often helpful to bounce the flash off a wall or the ceiling, especially lighter colored ones. Another handy tip is to use a diffuser over the flash. Small plastic units will work, some use hosiery, some will angle a white notecard in front of the flash. Trial and error will help you determine what works best for you. Keep in mind that diffusers will reduce the amount of light produced. You must adjust your exposures accordingly.
Have some fun and get interesting shots by getting on a chair and shooting down. Kneeling or laying down on your stomach can make your shots more dynamic and personal. Getting eye level with your subjects will also produce great shots.
You'll often get the pictures you want just pointing your camera at the subject and hitting the shutter button, thanks to the advanced auto focus found in newer cameras.
The technique is simple in itself, but the direction of the light becomes fairly critical because you do not want the various coloured lights interfering with each other.
