The conditions for this picture were not the same at the football pictures. This picture was shot around 11:00 in the morning. I set the meter for evaluative, exposed for the sky, reset my exposure in manual to have control. Using my Fong diffuser, I increased the flash to +2. One stop was to account for the lose of light with the diffuser, the second stop was to bring the foreground up. I read the article referred to me by Kirk by Will Crocket and tried to apply his principals of fill flash.
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It was a somewhat overcast day, and some sun was shining on their faces. You can see the position of the sun based on the shadows of some of the eighth grade students in the photo.