Portraiture & Street Photography at Campbell St.

Here are some portrait shots using the Phottix Wireless Adapter which I blogged about in my previous post. I was trying out this flash technique and was surprised with the results.

This technique is used when the background is brighter than the foreground. Exposing for the background would render the foreground underexposed, vice versa when exposing for the foreground. Therefore to get some balance, a flash is brought in.

First expose for the background, then if your speedlight has TTL it should automatically adjust to your camera settings. However poor me had to make do with an old Yashica speedlight, therefore no TTL :(

If you do not have a TTL enabled speedlight, you have to play around with your ISO, shutter speed, aperture and distance of the flash from your subject.

I hope the tips above help. Drop me a line if you need more guidance, or share if you have tried with better results.




These shots were taken together with Alisa and Valerie. Visit Valerie's blog for some amazing pictures of Campbell St. and Little India.