Imre Z. Balint, BSc, MPM, MBA

Using fill flash may seem like a fairly simple thing to do, but creating this video reminded me of some of its challenges. Like I pointed out in the episode, there's not much to getting your flash to fire every time you take a photo; it's getting your shot to look the way you want it to that can sometimes be trivial, other times a bit huff and puff. Nonetheless, once you start getting the hang of how your camera and flash behave together, the benefits and rewards start pulling through. And one behavior to note is how your camera exposes. In the video, I took some photos of myself, first with the flash off and then with the flash on at low, medium and maximum power levels. Now if you're not very familiar with the way most modern digital SLR cameras expose and meter, then I suggest you watch Episode 6 of my photo series to enlighten you. This may help you understand what I'm about to get into a little better. Generally, most cameras tend to meter and expose in favor...

And the flash mini-series comes to an end... but not the end of the photography series! Lots and lots more episodes to come! As usual, it's already 10pm so my brain is shutting down for the night. Tomorrow I'll scribble up the supplemental post to Episode 17 , which should enlighten you on a few points not heavily covered in the video. L8r!