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150 APPLYING | MULTIPLE FLASH

USING MULTIPLE FLASHES

Adding a second off-camera flash to your setup useful when you are shooting indoor portraits. The
increases the ways in which you can light your greater the difference in the brightness of the two
subject. When you use two light sources, whether light sources, the higher the resulting contrast in the
flash or studio lighting, one of them is the main or image will be. The simplest way to vary the relative
key light, and the other is the fill light, which is used brightness of two flashes is to alter their power when
to control the amount of contrast. This setup is they are both set to Manual mode.

POSITION THE FLASHES SET THE EXPOSURE SET THE FLASHES TO MANUAL
Set up the two flashes on either Set the camera to Manual, and Select Manual mode on both
side of your subject, an equal distance select a shutter speed. To minimize the flashes. Decide which of the two flashes
away and at head height. For a long influence of ambient light, set the shutter will be your key light and which will be
vertical portrait, angle them so that speed at, or near, the sync speed. Set a the fill light.
the flash heads are vertical. midrange aperture such as f/5.6 or f/8.

SET THE LIGHTING RATIO
Start by setting your key light flash
to 1/2 power and the fill light flash to 1/8,
to provide a lighting ratio of 4:1.

TAKE A TEST SHOT
Review your shot and assess
the exposure. If you need to adjust it,
increase or decrease the flash power
by an equal amount on both flashes.

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