A Guest Post by Mia Johnstone.
Learning some very simple fill flash tips will help elevate the quality of your photographs. This tutorial will teach you to fill in shadows and help create more professional looking portraits. These tips can be applied to shooting indoors with window light and can also be great for shooting outdoors in open shade (no direct sunlight).
You need:
A DSLR cameraBasic working knowledge of manual modeAn off camera flash with variable light output (you can get basic ones for $100)An optional filter for your flash (softens light).1. Have your model sit facing a window. Photographer should have the window to their back. See photo below. The whole point to fill flash is that it