Flash Photography Tips at the Pumpkin Patch

Fill Flash

It’s Pumpkin time! And of course what does one do if one has both a baby and a pumpkin? You sit on on top of the other of course! Well, in my case the baby won’t stay on the pumpkin and tries to eat everything around her in the great outdoors – grass, gravel, bugs…(she doesn’t get outside much.) So for my pumpkin picture we had to have daddy in the frame too.

It was quiet a gloomy day in Smyrna, so check out the two photos below to see what happens when I used my “Fill Flash.”

This first picture was taken in Auto Mode and as we were outside the camera detected that no flash was necessary.

No Flash Used

But I know better than my camera!!!

The second picture is so much more vibrant and bright. I did this by simply switching my Flash to “on” or “Fill-in” so that it will fire outside. this is one of my top flash photography tips! This give just enough light to brighten up the shadows on my subjects’ faces and adds a bit of sparkle in their eyes.

To do this…

First, find your Flash button (usually denoted by a “lightening strike” ) and a “shortcut” button on the back of your camera.
Select Fill In flash from your flashy type choices – Usually denoted by the” lightening strike” symbol again. This will ensure that your Flash will fire regardless of lighting conditions that the camera senses.
Don’t forget that you have to be within about 3 to 4 feet of your subject, otherwise the flash effect will be lost.