Easy Location Flash

STEP FOUR: Positioning Your Flash

image

Putting your flash in the right position when you’re shooting on location is critical. You need to put your flash on the same side that the natural light is coming from. For example, if the sun is behind your subject and to one side, your flash needs to be on that same side (even if you’re more comfortable shooting with your flash on the other side). If you’re in a home, or office building, and there’s a window, you should position the flash on the same side as the window. There are two reasons why: (1) When a person views your image, and the light doesn’t come from a direction their (our) ...

Get The Flash Book now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.