) Then recompose your picture and shoot. What you??™ll
probably get is an inky-black subject, since the exposure was based on the brighter sky, as in
the following image. If your subject isn??™t quite silhouetted, you can underexpose the image
even more using the exposure compensation (EV) control on your camera. You might also
want to use your camera??™s spot meter (discussed in Chapter 3) to lock the exposure on a
bright piece of sky.
You may find that the subject is out of focus because the camera locked its focus on
infinity when you pointed it at the sky. If that??™s the case, check to see if your camera has a
separate exposure lock button, and use it. If not, you may need to set the exposure manually
(or use the EV control) or focus the camera manually instead. One way or the other, if your
subject is too close to focus at infinity, you need to find a way to separate the exposure and
focusing aspects of your camera.
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Or, try a piece of paper??”it??™s free and extremely portable. You can make a reflector for your
flash from an 8.5?—11-inch sheet of paper and affix it to your flash using a rubber band. Use this
template to cut out your reflector:
FIGURE 5-5 Instead of using a flash, try asking someone to hold a reflector near your
subject.
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