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Originally Posted by KellyL
Kirk asks why I make this so hard.
A beautiful blue sky. White clouds. Subject in front of sun. Want to take a lasting picture where the sky is blue and the subject is well illuminated. Exposing for the subject blows out the sky, exposing for the sky and the subject is in the dark.
Have the subject turn around and face the sun! Forget it. Squinty eyes do not make a beautiful picture.
So...get a grip on the five stop dynamic range of the camera. Doing the test helped me to visualize what five stops look like. If I meter for the highlights, I have to be willing to accept that anything two stops below the highlight will be lost. If I meter for the mid tones, I have to accept blown highlights because the dynamic range of the camera can not withstand the dynamic range in reality.
So to create that beautiful blue sky, open sun picture, I have to learn to mix my flash with ambient light. That is what this thread is all about.
I have also read in book, after book, about how difficult exposure is for digital capture and that many folks struggle with it. So I know I am not alone.
So...why make it so difficult? Because, without thinking I want to:
1. Create a shot outside with a beautiful blue sky and a subject well lit.
2. Create a shot outside with a beautiful blue sky and subject in shade well lit.
3. Create a shot outside when it is partly cloudy and have colors look fully saturated.
4. Understand how to take a shot outside in the evening and have the background exposed properly as well as the foreground.
I could keep making that list.
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So Kelly,
Answer your own questions above. it is easy! You have already received the information. It has been done on transparency film for decades in commercial work. Don't believe everything you read, even in books. Sometimes they like to make a big deal out it just to sell their book.
I bet you can answer those questions yourself. Try it. If you get stuck read my old posts and Brooks. It is all there.