Let vibrant colors to create the perfect sunset portrait with hot shoe

Sunset silhouette is a common theme of photography , it is the principle of the use of backlighting , showing portraits of limbs , situational and a beautiful sunset views.Using the portrait retouching is necessary during the editing.

One should pay attention to the problems

Shooting good sunset portrait also need attention to two issues :

First light than the problems due to the angle of light sunset already low , resulting portrait chiaroscuro evident, particularly in backlit silhouette effect angle has basically become a rather common everyday shooting Film faithful reflectors have enough to cope with such a large light than the fill light , which requires the help of a flash .

Second, the problem of color temperature , color temperature warm sunset light , fill light balance must pay attention to the color temperature of natural light and flash , the flash color temperature close to sunset intervention warm color temperature.

Note sunset portrait shooting than light and color temperature problems

Now start our trip to the magical sunset portrait . Let me talk about flash, flash ask, Universal hotshoe flash can be, what Nikon, Canon, allways all possible .

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Second, the precise control of exposure

Our exposure shooting first solve the problem . In the end how to calculate the exposure with the flash in it, to give you a little trick , is to make sure that the ambient light exposure , and then fill flash . Flash is not considered problem, the camera's settings to the lowest iso , shutter speed is set to 1/ 250 seconds ( your camera's highest synchronous speed if faster than this speed , the flash will not sync flash ) , then according to such parameters determine the appropriate environmental exposure aperture value. Now support from the lighthouse, open the flash , start filling exposure.

First solve the problem of exposure

Give you the amount gambled flash setting appropriate to ensure that the main character's normal exposure . The author of this shooting , in order to achieve the proper exposure , the main light also uses two Yongnuo 560 flash , each in the amount gambled in 3/ 4 or so, it will ensure the exposure of the subject , but also shorten flash recycling time .