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Off Camera Flash, Baby!: Lesson 3, Ambient Light

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Welcome to our last of the series on off-camera flash Find  Lesson 1 here and lesson 2 here. Now that you’ve figured out how to correctly expose a photograph with f/stop, what does shutter speed do? Shutter speed controls your ambient exposure.

Step 1. Find a model (most likely a family member) and head outside at twilight.

Step 2. Set up your off-camera flash and find the correct exposure.

Step 3. Now, choose a slow shutter speed. How does it change your photograph? The photographs below were taken at 7:30 p.m., so it was already quite dark by then. The first photograph was taken with a shutter speed of 1/30 and the second one with a shutter speed of 1/10. You’ll notice a little bit of ghosting in the second photograph.

Thanks for playing along! Hope you’ve enjoyed our series!

Shutter speed 1/30. Man, it's dark out here.

Shutter speed 1/10.

 

Here are the links to  Lesson 1,  Lesson 2, and Lesson 3.



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