Flash Photography

Flash Photography

Flash photography is an essential tool for photography as it allows this light to be portrayed upon the chosen subject, key to when capturing images in a dark sense or of a night time. Though it can be an extremely different aspect to get correct, along with the correct exposure, yet is key for a high quality photograph.

We were given the weekly task of shooting with a partner experimenting with the TTL flash in different locations and with different natural lighting. We chose to shoot in a corridor that had natural lighting entering at each end and we shot mainly in the middle of the corridor against a brick wall.

The top photograph of the leaf against the brick wall was taken with the flash but was taken from a further distance from the one below. The top photograph can be criticised as it is fairly darker than the photograph below due to the distance it was taken from, the green colour of the leaf is fair darker and the brick wall doesn't reflect much light either. The second photograph below is showing the use of the flash a lot clearer and is brighter than the previous photograph as this was taken closer up, creating a brighter image.

Both of these images below are taken from very similar points but the second photograph is captured using the zoom, creating a more close up shot. The first image can be criticised as we were shooting against glass in the background, which is known for reflecting a flash anyway, but the natural light is reacting with the flash causing a very bright blur surrounding the the subjects head and shoulder area, creating this bright blur. The second photograph was captured in the same spot against the glass but is zoomed in focusing more on the head and shoulders only, with the natural light behind almost being blocked out by the subjects head, creating a higher quality photograph.