On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been using my ZX-M for about six months. On a recent vacation I took
> some photos in extreme, almost overhead, sunlight. I did what I could when
> composing to try and get the sun behind me, but... let's just say the photos
> are less than what I'd hoped for. Lots of shadows on the subjects' faces...
> some of them are very underexposed as well (the landscape looks great,
> though!).
I don't think you need to use flash at all. Camera-mounted flash can
make photos look dull and flat. Natural light is more interesting.
It sounds as if the landscape in your photos was significantly
brighter than your subjects, and dominated the scene, thereby
dominating your lightmeters average reading. You could using over
exposure compensation - effectively telling the camera "I want the
scene brighter than *you* think it should be, because I know these
small darker shapes here are more important than the average
landscape, dammit!"
One thing flash *will* remove is the shadows that strong overhead
light casts on faces from noses, eyebrows and other protrubrances.
But often there are other, more interesting ways to get rid of those.
Hve them stand near a bright, reflecting wall. Under trees that
diffuse the sunlight. etc.
PS: I don't know where the "sun must be behind the photographer" rule
comes from, but I think its junk. It makes people squint. It gives
flat light. Try having the sunlight come in from an angle, to the
side.
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