Off Camera Flash Task

Task 1

Expose for subject

ISO 100, 1/60 @ f/4

Expose for sunlit area (I exposed for the sky to get the effect I wanted)

ISO 100, 1/60 @ f/22

Add flash, balance flash and ambient

ISO 100, 1/60 @ f/22

With flash, reduce ambient exposure by 2 stops

ISO 100, 1/250 @ f/22

Task 2

A portrait in the shade

ISO 100, 1/60 @ f/4

With flash

ISO 100, 1/45 @ f/4.5

Reduce ambient exposure by 2 stops

ISO 100, 1/180 @ f/4.5

Task 3

A portrait indoors

ISO 500, 1/60 @ f/2

With flash (bounced off ceiling)

ISO 400, 1/60 @ f/2

Reduce ambient exposure by 2 stops

ISO 400, 1/250 @ f/2

For me, this task looked really easy on paper and then got difficult when I had to put it into practise. I've been experimenting with off camera flash for a few weeks, trying out everything just getting the hang of it. I was finding it quite easy, and I've been achieving some results that I'm very pleased with, but I found that when I had a set of instructions like this to follow I found it much harder and I was much less pleased with my results.