Tutorial to Portable Battrey & Shooting on Location

Session Notes

Introduced once more to the portable flash which I am set on using for my shot in Birmingham town city centre.

Nikon SP900 -NikonSP5000 replaced by Nikon SP910

After watching video thinking to shoot my subject against a lighter background in city and blur out crowd. Though the crowd will provide a pleasant aesthetic tone for my subjects charity and sociable nature.

Use sunlight as a main light source and small flashlights as area lights.

Deeper in the sky - underexpose the background by changing exposure. there make flash brighter om camera.

Turn down shutter by 2 stops turn up flash by 2 stops

The mirror is a bad reflector

Whitecoat, sheet or card is a better reflector

SP900 is powerful
SP5000 is decent for portrait

Flash Controls

Test- activates

Master - controls other connected flashes

turn wheel yo turn the exposure up on flash

You can place a "Gel" colour filter over a flash for aesthetic tone. (figure a)

(Figure A)

Set camera to slow shutter then paint scene with flash and light each areaof subject to get light effect you want.

Terminology

Letters = single flashes

Channels= how many banks of flashes.

Change letters nad keep channels the same.

Settings

Manual

Close aperture

References

http://www.briteklight.com/upload/12192156636772.jpg


By Sebastian Jones