The settings for the sunset shot would depend on what look you are trying to achieve. If you use Av mode, then the camera and flash will set themselves to highest sync speed (1/250) and adjust flash power according to your distance and focal length, giving most of your exposure from the flash. If you use in manual setting on the camera, you can set exposure for the nice background, then the flash should compensate for the fill. I haven't used that diffuser, so you might have to manually adjust the power of the flash. The best advice I can give is to experiment. Enlist a willing volunteer to pose in different light conditions, and try out different settings. Lighting is something you can learn only through doing. But that's the fun, isn't it?
Originally posted by Jmnuggy:
batteries were fresh, the others are possibilites though.
Side question about using flash. Im using the sigma w/ the lumiquest promax 80/20. For outdoor portraits at around sunset, I use this for fill flash to light the faces. What settings would be best for the flash unit, as well as my camera settings. Would my exposure still be fairly long becuase of the dim light? |
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