I'd use my on-camera flash. If you spot expose for the face, the background really sucks.
So I'd expose for the background, which probably ends up with me underexposing the shot by -1-1.5EV, pop up the on-camera flash and set the flash compensation to +2/3EV or something like that.
But then again, I'm just learning flash, so I really don't know what I'm doing. :)
Just expose for the subject and let the BG blow to smithereens. That's what I do :-)
R.
I would do this unless you have off camera flashes. I'm not sure I would use the on board flash for anyting but there are far more experienced photogs here.
Just expose for the subject and let the BG blow to smithereens. That's what I do :-)
R.
I would do this unless you have off camera flashes. I'm not sure I would use the on board flash for anyting but there are far more experienced photogs here.
You might be surprised how effective the on board flash is ... you could set to full manual and balance the on board flash to get the subject exposed correctly and maybe dull down the blown out background a little
actaully I was thinking of sports photography. so no HDR
Pseudo-HDR from a single RAW?
If the BG is THAT bright (and it probably is, or she wouldn't be seeking solutions) then it's outside the range of potential pseudo-HDR help.
Frankly, from my perspective, in sports photography, as long as the action's frozen and the main subjects are properly exposed, I don't much care what's happening with the BG. But that's just me...
Hmm...if its a bright sunny day, meter off the blue sky instead of the subject. The setting should put you at a mid range for the scene. Shoot RAW and process later.
Sometimes you have no choice. Preacher says no flash in the chapel, noon wedding with the bride walking in with huge bright white doors behind her when the door opens. You meter in in manual ahead of time and expose for the bride and let the background blow.
You could always take some shots of just the background at angles you plan to shoot at when the action starts and then use them later If needed to fix shots.
Just expose for the subject and let the BG blow to smithereens. That's what I do :-)
R.
This works... can be a nice effect. Especially if the subject is backlit, the image can take on a bit of a glow. Watch for flare... either use it or control it.
Did it here and chose to use the flaring to add drama to the portrait...
Keep in mind I always have a number of flashes available at any shoot. But, sometimes natural light is ... well.. just more natural.
Here, I actually used a flash fired from the back...
The RAW original was pretty low in contrast ... but a little processing brought it back.
You could always take some shots of just the background at angles you plan to shoot at when the action starts and then use them later If needed to fix shots.
You could always take some shots of just the background at angles you plan to shoot at when the action starts and then use them later If needed to fix shots.
Would almost never work out right.
Well it would depend on what your shooting exactly and how many images you'd have to fix but certainly possible and if it's just the sky neeeding to be fixed then that wouldn't be hard at all.
ETA: Of course I could be forgetting that not everyone has ninja masking/cloning/transforming skills. ;)
You could always take some shots of just the background at angles you plan to shoot at when the action starts and then use them later If needed to fix shots.
Would almost never work out right.
Well it would depend on what your shooting exactly and how many images you'd have to fix but certainly possible and if it's just the sky that needs fixing then that wouldn't be that hard at all.
It does depend on how ya do it... if it's something set up... sure... you can probably pull it off... but something like a wedding would never work.
You could always take some shots of just the background at angles you plan to shoot at when the action starts and then use them later If needed to fix shots.
Would almost never work out right.
Well it would depend on what your shooting exactly and how many images you'd have to fix but certainly possible and if it's just the sky that needs fixing then that wouldn't be that hard at all.
It does depend on how ya do it... if it's something set up... sure... you can probably pull it off... but something like a wedding would never work.
Juliet said it was sports photography and the subject would be at the end of a 200mm lens.
