If you want to try the
window technique, here are a few tips:
?– Avoid using windows where the light streams in directly and thus creates harsh shadows.
Instead, pick a window in which you get more diffused, indirect light.
?– Position yourself with your back to the window and turn your subject to face mostly
head-on into the window, with some light spilling over to the side of the subject??™s face.
?– If necessary, fill in the side of the subject??™s face with a reflector to eliminate shadows.
You can also use your camera??™s flash as a fill flash.
Avoid Red Eye
As I mentioned earlier in the chapter, the dreaded red eye is the effect that happens when the
flash reflects off your subject??™s pupils. You can get this effect with any living subject??”although,
if you??™ve all seen the Omen movies, it looks particularly creepy on dogs. Red eye happens most
frequently indoors and outdoors at night because everyone??™s pupils are wide open to see better in
dim indoor light.
Once you understand what causes red eye, it??™s easy to prevent. Here are the most common
ways to avoid red eye:
?– Use the red eye reduction mode on your digital camera This is the easiest solution
most of the time. When you turn on the red eye reduction mode, your camera triggers
the flash several times rapidly right before the picture is taken.
Pages:
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176