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Objects with background photographed Blue Sky

When doing an outdoor shoot, sometimes we are tempted to take pictures of people / objects with blue sky background (bright). Usually this condition can be obtained during the day (above 10 hours). However, usually the desired results are not as expected, for example, objects in the picture into the sky silhouette or a white background (over).

This happens because we lightmeter fooled by the difficult lighting conditions, the background is too bright (bright blue sky) while the object is darker than the sky background. So that when we do metering the sky into a silhouette of the object, whereas if we do metering to the object, the sky turned white.

These conditions can be overcome by the use of flash. Object and purpose is to make clear background (not over or silhouette). Here are the steps pemotretannya:

1. Adjust the angle and composition of images that will be made.

2. Use the manual mode on the camera.

3. Enable flash

4. Shuter Arrange a safe speed so that the camera is stable (not shake), I usually set the speed Shuter, 1/ISO or 1/focal length lens.

5. Perform metering into the sky, and set the aperture so that the indicator shows the camera lightmeter that exprosure under (can ½, 1, 2 or even stop), usually by way of discouraging the aperture, and set the focus.

6. Finally, push your camera Shuter.

Above techniques are sometimes led to errors in the form of a photographed object slightly over. This can be overcome with the camera aperture and decrease the lower flash intensity. Shooting distance with the object is also worth noting in this technique. If using the internal flash (GN 12-15), the distance between the camera and photograph the object should not be too far away (1-2 feet), whereas if you use an external flash with a GN is bigger, then the distance can shoot farther.

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