Flash ...?

[echoyjeff222]

I'm curious, when do you guys actually use flash? I haven't had to use it a single time yet ... Is it only when you're in dark places (and even when it's in dark places, it seems to me as if the picture simply becomes overexposed...)


And also, how does ISO relate to flash, if at all?

 

[tirediron]

All the time. Flash is used to supply missing light, supplement existing light and to add artistic effects. If the image is over-exposed than your settings are incorrect (Yes, I know that's abvious, but since most people tend to use TTL Flash Metering, it's important to check them). ISO is simply a scale used to express the sensor's sensitivity to light. It relates to flash insofar as the higher the ISO (eg the greater the sensitivity to light) the less flash illumination is required to obtain correct exposure.

 

[KmH]

+1. :thumbup:

 

[Big Mike]

+2

 

[Derrel]

Yes, flash. Quite often. As main light. As fill light. As an AF-assist method in near-darkness. Flash. Yes.

 

[eric-holmes]

I used flash in every picture here. I didn't have to and could have made do, but the flash made the picture.

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/professional-gallery/224735-senior-session-farm.html

 

[kundalini]

+5

A lot of newbies use only "natural light" because they don't understand how to use, control and manipulate light....... thus overexposed shots.

 

[davisphotos]

I use flash on probably 75-85% of all photos I take, sometimes as fill, sometimes as main, sometimes a full studio setup. Getting your flash off camera and leraning how to use it can really improve your photographs.

 

[KmH]

All light is natural, because it's all made of the same thing - photons.

People use the term natural when they are really takling about ambient, or available, light. :er:

It's like many less than high quality lenses being marketed as Macro lenses, when they really aren't. :thumbdown:

 

[8ball]

This is a great example of why to use flash
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usedfilm/1987562463/in/set-72157604376...

 

[eric-holmes]

Great example!

 

[tirediron]

This is a great example of why to use flash
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usedfilm/1987562463/in/set-72157604376...

That is someone who understands flash! :thumbup:

 

[KmH]

A great example. The 2 photo's were made close to each other time wise.

When you use strobed lighting you can separately control the ambient light, and strobed light exposures.

Shutter speed controls the ambient light exposure, lens aperture controls the strobed light exposure.

http://www.photoflexlightingschool.com/

 

[Christie Photo]

A lot of newbies use only "natural light" because they don't understand how to use, control and manipulate light...

Yup. And it ain't just the newbies.

-Pete

 

[themedicine]

This is a great example of why to use flash
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usedfilm/1987562463/in/set-72157604376...

Oh I love Zack Arias. And think, this was part of his one light workshop, and he made this dramatic difference with one light and a softbox. incredible.