Figure 3-10: Cloudy or overcast days create soft, diffuse lighting.
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2. Shoot close-ups of flowers in the early morning to capture images like the one in
Figure 3-11. Notice the flower was also photographed with a large lens aperture
(a small f-stop number, such as 2.8) so that the background is out of focus.
Master Flash Photography
When you??™re shooting in total darkness or in dimly lit rooms, you have no other
choice but to enable your camera flash. When you photograph with a flash, you
often wash out a picture because of the flash??™s harshness, especially when you??™re
close to your subject. With the exception of photos where detail is lost because
you were too close to the subject when the flash went off, you can correct this to
some extent by editing the image in an image-editing application. You can also
use your camera flash to fill in shadows. For example, if you??™re photographing
someone in a shaded area who has his or her back to the sun, or if your subject is
wearing a large hat, fill flash can be used to lighten the shaded areas.
Use Camera Flash
1. Set your camera shooting mode dial to Automatic.
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