Have you ever looked at someone's outdoor vacation photographs and wondered who the subject was? The face was so dark you couldn't tell if it was your best friend. To flash or not to flash, that is the question.
How do we expose correctly for fill-flash??
Use the flash compensation feature on the flash unit. Eg. Shooting a wedding party outdoors? Reduce the light from the flash by (-1 2/3) stop.
It's important to balance the flash output with the background.
- If subject is in the same exposure as the background - reduce the fill flash from anywhere between (- 2/3) to (-1 2/3) depending on the background lighting.
- Subject in more light than the background - use the flash unit with no compensation BUT use the exposure compensation on the camera to reduce the exposure by (- 2/3) on the background
- Subject in less light than the background - increase the camera's exposure compensation by (1/3), reduce the light output from the flash by (-1/3).
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