exposure, flash question

VayCayMom

I am still such a noobie! I feel I should already know this..... but I want to know how to use these two functions ( or what the difference is) the speedlite adjustment , more flash, less flash and the exposure adjuster 0 or -3 etc. on camera..... It's early, I have not yet had enough coffee to recall the proper names ! lol
Thanks in advance!

marikris

Hi, Trudy! This might help you http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/8-flash-exposure-comp/ Tons of stuff on his space. I have his book also. It's pretty much singularly helped me understand my flash.

I wish I could drink some coffee lol. But I have insomnia and haven't slept all night and I have to cover a homecoming later 8pm-midnight. I'll just live vicariously through your drinking coffee -_-

VayCayMom

marikris wrote:

Hi, Trudy! This might help you http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/8-flash-exposure-comp/ Tons of stuff on his space. I have his book also. It's pretty much singularly helped me understand my flash.

I wish I could drink some coffee lol. But I have insomnia and haven't slept all night and I have to cover a homecoming later 8pm-midnight. I'll just live vicariously through your drinking coffee -_-

Thanks a bunch! The first few months I had my speedlite I only knew how to turn it off and on, and how to attach it to the camera. I can't believe it worked as well as it did !!

angevin1

Neils site IS awesome...generically speaking though, I always thing of those + or - signs as :

Add + if I want it brighter

Add - if I want it darker

on camera or flash~

Art Scott

VayCayMom wrote:

I am still such a noobie! I feel I should already know this..... but I want to know how to use these two functions ( or what the difference is) the speedlite adjustment , more flash, less flash and the exposure adjuster 0 or -3 etc. on camera..... It's early, I have not yet had enough coffee to recall the proper names ! lol
Thanks in advance!

You may want to get a copy of the HOTSHOE DIARIES by Joe McNally....great book on Hot shoe strobe use.....

Also check out STROBIST ...... a great site for learning to use HOTSHOE STROBES .....

D'Buggs

angevin1 wrote:

Neils site IS awesome...generically speaking though, I always thing of those + or - signs as :

Add + if I want it brighter

Add - if I want it darker

on camera or flash~

x2

+ for brighter images.
- for darker ones.

adbsgicom

Neil of PlanetNeil has book out on Amherst Press (available on Amazon) called "On-Camera Flash: Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography" that is rather good. It covers a lot on using the flash, bouncing it to get softer light, and setting the exposure by using the LCD and Histograms.

VayCayMom

adbsgicom wrote:

Neil of PlanetNeil has book out on Amherst Press (available on Amazon) called "On-Camera Flash: Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography" that is rather good. It covers a lot on using the flash, bouncing it to get softer light, and setting the exposure by using the LCD and Histograms.

Thanks Andrew!

VayCayMom

Art Scott wrote:

You may want to get a copy of the HOTSHOE DIARIES by Joe McNally....great book on Hot shoe strobe use.....

Also check out STROBIST ...... a great site for learning to use HOTSHOE STROBES .....

Thanks Art, I actually have Joe's book, but sometimes such a basic answer is hard to find right off the bat. Just starting to dog into the Strobist site.