I recently bought a skills tackle light to help with night time shots which I'm very pleased with.
I currently use an app on my phone to take the shots (just say “take my picture”) and daytime it's very good, but for night shots for some reason no flash available and hence I get problems.
My question is, with a good bright light is it better not to have the camera flash? or is it always necessary to have the flash?
I currently use an app on my phone to take the shots (just say “take my picture”) and daytime it's very good, but for night shots for some reason no flash available and hence I get problems.
My question is, with a good bright light is it better not to have the camera flash? or is it always necessary to have the flash?
Hello,
I've been into photography for years, you will see my site if search dwattphotog in google.
Most people get lost in photography, focusing way too much on camera settings and not spending enough time studying how light works.
To help with your night shots, im presuming what you are refering to is some kind of light source.
Get that light as close to you and the fish as possible, try to prevent the light getting in the frame of the shot or at least shining directly into the camera.
Every time you half the distance between you and the light, you are essentially doubling the strength of it.
If you have the light very close to you but far away from the backdrop, be prepared to see a blacked out background, or at least very dark. for further details, research "inverse square law"
I'll refrain from giving any further info but if you want to know more, just ask
Daniel
I've been into photography for years, you will see my site if search dwattphotog in google.
Most people get lost in photography, focusing way too much on camera settings and not spending enough time studying how light works.
To help with your night shots, im presuming what you are refering to is some kind of light source.
Get that light as close to you and the fish as possible, try to prevent the light getting in the frame of the shot or at least shining directly into the camera.
Every time you half the distance between you and the light, you are essentially doubling the strength of it.
If you have the light very close to you but far away from the backdrop, be prepared to see a blacked out background, or at least very dark. for further details, research "inverse square law"
I'll refrain from giving any further info but if you want to know more, just ask
Daniel
In reply to Post #1
I had to google your light but it looks to be much better than the tiny one on your phone.
I would leave the phone flash off if you can. Not sure if your app allows you to choose.
As the previous poster said, get your light as close as possible without it being in shot.
Shiny wet objects lit by artificial lighting are a challenge even for professional photographers.
You really want a huge, soft light source which isn't something easy to pack. Those glossy ads for shiny cars with reflections you can 'see through' take a warehouse sized space to light.
Your light is much bigger than the phone flash, so will be softer. But it would be softer still if you bounced it off a reflector. Have a look at 'folding reflectors' on the web, they're really cheap and if you can get a mate to hold it or think you can be bothered to rig it somehow, it's a way of further softening the light.
It's worth getting an understanding of the difference between hard and soft light.
Look at the difference in reflections on a fish between sunny days (hard light) and cloudy days (soft light)
I had to google your light but it looks to be much better than the tiny one on your phone.
I would leave the phone flash off if you can. Not sure if your app allows you to choose.
As the previous poster said, get your light as close as possible without it being in shot.
Shiny wet objects lit by artificial lighting are a challenge even for professional photographers.
You really want a huge, soft light source which isn't something easy to pack. Those glossy ads for shiny cars with reflections you can 'see through' take a warehouse sized space to light.
Your light is much bigger than the phone flash, so will be softer. But it would be softer still if you bounced it off a reflector. Have a look at 'folding reflectors' on the web, they're really cheap and if you can get a mate to hold it or think you can be bothered to rig it somehow, it's a way of further softening the light.
It's worth getting an understanding of the difference between hard and soft light.
Look at the difference in reflections on a fish between sunny days (hard light) and cloudy days (soft light)
In reply to Post #3
Thanks to both of you for the advice, really much appreciated.
I will certainly look to get the light much closer and then give it a few trial runs at home.
Cheers again.
Thanks to both of you for the advice, really much appreciated.
I will certainly look to get the light much closer and then give it a few trial runs at home.
Cheers again.