reducing ambient ligth without reducing flash 2

[Village Idiot]

You could have put this in the other thread...seeing as how they're about the exact. Same. Thing.

 

[Ryan L]

Sorry im just getting very annoyed.

likewise...you should take a nap and come back another day. :er:

 

[Kbarredo]

What ISO were you shooting at?
By the looks of things you were shooting around Noon (can see the shadow on the eve of the house) and your flash did fire (can see the hard shadow behind her).
An ND filter would have helped with the ambient lighting. (adjusting the shutter is how most folks do it and long as you do not to to MAX shutter speed) even if you do and you start to get a little banding try an old trick, flip the camera upside down and take the shot , if the banding in on the bottom of the shot it may not show up too much.
You could have moved her to full shadow area and then lit her up with a reflector or the flash.
Last thing is to get a little more powerful flash/strobe to overcome the ambient. (that is why they are expensive)
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Shoot well, Joe

My problem really was that i couldnt get the background right because it was too overexposed. I wanted to stop the background to stop being blown out but the shutterspeed was already at max. If i was to use a smaller aperture the flash would also have been weakened. If i turned up the flash it would have left giant reflections on her face and dress. So next time i just need to use shade i guess. Also surprisingly it wasnt noon, it was actually 5 pm the sun doesnt set here until 10pm. Sorry i also didnt put this in the old thread because my phone was messing up and i couldnt find it