viridari
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For portraiture, I tend to meter off of the subject's face and let the rest of the image fall where it may.
But you're getting into religion now. I think you've now got your camera dialed in to a more reasonable exposure. I would even try to get down into ISO 100 now and set a baseline for portraiture... try for ISO 100, but 200 is acceptable in a pinch. Go for minimum 1/125 shutter speed or faster. Play with aperture as needed to get correct exposure and desired depth of field. Then dial lights up or down as needed to achieve those settings.
I think you'll find an ISO 100 RAW image with good flash lighting and a fast shutter speed will be a joy to work with in post processing. Now compare this last test image you did with some of the older ones from the beginning of the thread. Look at the full res versions in your PC. Doesn't that look better to you?
But you're getting into religion now. I think you've now got your camera dialed in to a more reasonable exposure. I would even try to get down into ISO 100 now and set a baseline for portraiture... try for ISO 100, but 200 is acceptable in a pinch. Go for minimum 1/125 shutter speed or faster. Play with aperture as needed to get correct exposure and desired depth of field. Then dial lights up or down as needed to achieve those settings.
I think you'll find an ISO 100 RAW image with good flash lighting and a fast shutter speed will be a joy to work with in post processing. Now compare this last test image you did with some of the older ones from the beginning of the thread. Look at the full res versions in your PC. Doesn't that look better to you?