I am learning about portraiture. I would like to know your tricks to close the iris of the eye in lower light. Of course, the flash is too fast for the iris to contract.
If yes, just turn up some lights behind the camera - Strobes will over-ride light from a table lamp. If shooting w/ OC flash, use the pre-flash feature.
Generally in portraiture the eyes look much better with large pupils. That is considered an advantage of flash photography.
How are you using the flash(es)?
Why do you wish a small pupil in the eyes?
Well, I truly mean closing the iris, the iris is the eye diaphragm; the interesting colored portion of the eye. A closed iris means a smaller pupil. My English might be deficient but this is what I understood from this picture.
The generally used statement is "constricting the pupil", or creating miotic pupil.
Like Ziggy said larger pupils are generally thought more attractive, and more typical of youth. Pupils usually get smaller with advancing age.
The women at court in France used belladonna to dilate their pupils to create a more youthful, attractive appearance.
Higher ambient light wiil constrict the pupil, but not really compete with the level of flash illumination, unless the flash is very weak or the ambient very strong.
Pupils can be constricted pharmacologically with miotic drugs like pilocarpine or eserine, but these are not available without a prescription from a physician.
Ambient light is the easiest way to accomplish this. Just turn your strobes and house(ambient) lights all the way up, set your shutter to 1/250 and adjust your aperture to the appropriate setting for exposure.
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If yes, just turn up some lights behind the camera - Strobes will over-ride light from a table lamp. If shooting w/ OC flash, use the pre-flash feature.
How are you using the flash(es)?
Why do you wish a small pupil in the eyes?
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Like Ziggy said larger pupils are generally thought more attractive, and more typical of youth. Pupils usually get smaller with advancing age.
The women at court in France used belladonna to dilate their pupils to create a more youthful, attractive appearance.
Higher ambient light wiil constrict the pupil, but not really compete with the level of flash illumination, unless the flash is very weak or the ambient very strong.
Pupils can be constricted pharmacologically with miotic drugs like pilocarpine or eserine, but these are not available without a prescription from a physician.
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