Camera Settings Flashcards
What controls the flash exposure?
Aperture
What controls the ambient light exposure?
Shutter speed
To show a sense of depth and more ambient light in low light situations what shutter speed should you use?
Slower shutter speeds
For more dramatic photographs making your subject stand out in bright light what shutter speed would you use?
High shutter speeds
If you are at full power flash and can’t open your aperture what should you do?
Increase your iso
You need more ambient light and can’t reduce the shutter speed what should you do?
Increase your iso
You want a shallow depth of field but increasing the shutter speed will exceed maximum flash sync speed. What should you do?
Decrease iso
You want to completely remove ambient light and you are at maximum flash sync speed. What should you do?
Decrease you iso
When should you use a speed Light?
When the light isn’t interesting.
When it’s cloudy late afternoon and the light is flat and unattractive what could you do?
Add some bounce flash into an umbrella providing light
Heavy cloud cover means that you must use a flash why?
For catch lights in the eyes and light on the subject . Use a bounce flash into an umbrella
The power setting of the flash determines what?
How long the flash will burn and how bright it will burn
If you take another picture before your flash has time to recycle what will happen?
Underexposer
What is flash value lock?
You set and lock flash exposure and then can recompose your frame.
The speedlight’s power is determined by the duration of the flash exposure.
Shorter durations =
Longer durations=
Shorter=cooler temperature light
Longer=warmer temperature light
Auto FP high-speed sync feature does what?
It allows you to use a higher shutter speed than the cameras maximum flash sync speed.
Action shots hight shutter speeds
Also wide aperture shallow depth of field requiring fast shutter speeds
What is the flash guide number?
GN represents the amount of light that it will produce at a certain iso and zoom head position.
The higher the GN the what the flash?
The more powerful the flash.
GN determine what for a specific distance and iso?
Correct aperture
In manual flash when you know the GN and distance to the subject to the flash you know the
Aperture necessary to make a correct exposure
Aperture =
GN/D(distance)
Distance =
GN/A (aperture )
The main benefit of manual flash is
A guaranteed repeatable flash output frame to frame
