tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532896888933082716.post2477511303518194485..comments2022-11-07T07:19:27.126-05:00Comments on Rockin' On: Photography: "Printing" with the goal of making colours popRockinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466451909515114927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532896888933082716.post-575241407947073772015-09-29T13:43:13.585-04:002015-09-29T13:43:13.585-04:00Hi!
Interesting observation. Clearly, you've d...Hi!<br />Interesting observation. Clearly, you've done some foolin' about with photography. <br /><br />Fill flash can be both wonderful in the right hands and a complete disaster in the wrong ones. To make this image, I got by without fill flash.<br /><br />When I worked at the paper, I carried a small, warm-silver photo umbrella that I used for flash fill in many situations. I found it best when used indoors but it could also be used successfully to soften dark shadows in harsh midday sunshine. I confess that I never got all that good with fill flash used outdoors. All too often the images had a quality that recalled Hollywood films from the '40s. My fill lighting was just too good, too perfect, too controlled, too unreal. But you are right, the fill flash often cleaned up the colours and eliminated the blue cast that sometimes mars pictures taken outdoors. With the blue cast gone, whites did pop.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Ken<br /><br />p.s. I still have my umbrella. Maybe I can figure out how to use it with my present camera. Could be interesting. Thanks for the inspiration.<br />Rockinonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16466451909515114927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532896888933082716.post-13798080072991693412015-09-28T20:41:07.901-04:002015-09-28T20:41:07.901-04:00Lovely composition. Thank you. The white makes the...Lovely composition. Thank you. The white makes the colors pop with help from the dark background. Was there some fill in flash. I discovered the reason lighting is often bolstered by flash; it can make colors very bouncy in daylight shooting.waltyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926895601511815165noreply@blogger.com