Fill Flash
The idea behind fill flash is that you use the flash on your camera to add just a little light to help fill in the shadows with a little light. Fill flash is usually used outdoors when the subject is backlit or under harsh sunlight. The fill flash adds enough light to reduce the contrast in the image.
The key to making fill flash work is for the light to be natural-looking so that your viewers don’t notice the added light. You want to match the light coming from the camera with the light that already exists in the scene so that it all looks natural. The good news is that the Nikon cameras and flashes use the TTL BL setting. This tries to create the proper lighting by balancing the amount of light from the flash with the light in the ...
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