| Sometimes, what seems like the simplest | | | | creatively! |
| technique can be the hardest to get right. | | | | |
| Fill-in flash is commonly used when the | | | | The 'Red-eye' effect occurs when reflected |
| subject is backlit and there's large exposure | | | | light from the back of the eye is captured on |
| difference between the subject and the | | | | the cameras CCD. This usually happens when an |
| background. In order to expose an image | | | | in-camera flash is used, because it's |
| evenly, a burst of flash can be used to | | | | positioned too close to the lens. The most |
| balance things up, illuminating the subject | | | | effective way to avoid the dreaded red eye is |
| against the brightly lit background. It's | | | | to use an external Speed-lite that's |
| possible to use a pop-up flash for this | | | | positioned away from your lens. Using your |
| technique, but you'll risk the dreaded | | | | camera's hotshoe will give much better |
| 'red-eye' effect if you're shooting people, | | | | results. fixing it to a bracket by the side |
| and the results can be quite harsh. | | | | of your DSLR body, or holding it off camera |
| | | | using a cord, will give the best results, |
| Using a separate flashgun offers you several | | | | because the light won't have a straight path |
| advantages. Firstly, it has a much larger and | | | | from the flash to the eye and straight back |
| more controllable power output, which means | | | | down the lens. However, this isn't always |
| that it can illuminate subjects that are more | | | | possible, and not everybody has the money to |
| than a few metres away. Secondly, it can be | | | | go out and buy an external flash. So the next |
| more easily bounced and diffused by | | | | best thing is to use photo software to simply |
| swivelling and pointing the head at a wall or | | | | correct the problem. Almost all photo |
| similar surface, so the light is softened. | | | | software will have this feature and its very |
| You can also use a bracket to position the | | | | simple to use. If you don't have any photo |
| flashgun at the side of the camera. | | | | software you can Click Here and download |
| Off-camera use of a flash can produce a more | | | | Picasa, a free photo software package. |
| natural-looking effect and be used extremely | | | | |