Jan 18, 2025 · To achieve predictable and consistent results, you’ll need to venture into fully manual exposure settings. All three pillars of the triangle – aperture, shutter speed, and ISO – are better to set manually when using a flash. Here’s a theoretical framework to get you started: 1. Aperture. Choose a value that suits your depth-of-field requirements.

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Flash can also play an important role in wildlife photography. Birds in particular are often down low in dark forests (where natural sunlight is rarely found). Shaded light is flat and boring, but with careful use of flash, you can replace that bland light with some nice directional illumination:

Oct 15, 2021 · In nature, we often use fill-flash by placing a flash in the camera hotshoe or on a telephoto flash bracket to photograph birds or wildlife. Our flash works to fill in shadows while the natural light dictates our base exposure for the background and/or brightest parts of the subject.

Learn how to use both fill and main flash, as well as creative lighting, in your wildlife photography.

May 5, 2024 · When photographing in these murky spots, a burst of flash can provide a welcome lift to the scene. But it’s not just about increasing the light levels, a flash also gives you the opportunity to enhance the mood.

Mar 15, 2024 · Unlock new creative possibilities with off-camera flash in photography. Expand your skills and capture stunning images in any lighting conditions.

Jan 23, 2015 · When it comes to selecting lenses for wildlife photography, the first thing most photographers look for is focal length—a long lens that can reach out and cover great distances, bringing animals in for close-ups—but other features are also incredibly useful.

Aug 14, 2021 · We often hear portrait photographers talk about underexposing the ambient light, then using a flash to pick out the subject. It’s a technique that can result in wonderfully atmospheric portraits with bold skies. So we thought, why not use the same method to create a bold landscape?

Oct 23, 2024 · Simulate golden hour haze with off-camera flash for a whimsical forest portrait. On the right side, also hidden behind a tree, I put my key light, with a Rogue FlashBender XL Pro as softbox to diffuse the light.