METZ Flash-Interior Lighting

Today the workshop started with an introduction talk about shutter types. - In DSLR's there are 2 shutter types!

• Focal Plane (shutter is right by the film/digital chip)
• Leaf shutters (they allow us to control mixing light) 

Flash sync speed = fastest shutter speed that you can use with your flash

SYMBOL -  60th of second 

We got shown various of examples of photographers who used fill in flash in their images

  photographer’s introduced: Adam Amengual, Philip Dicorsia,  Jooney Woodard, Kate Peters,  Dominic Gigler, Kiran Master, Sage Sohier, Larry Sultan and Charles Freger. 

Equipment for this task!

• 1X Medium format camera - leaf shutters
• 1X Sekonic SO8B (Flash meter)
• 1X Tripod
• 1X EXT Sync (Female to Male)
• 1X colour film fuji 160
• 1X Magic arm
• 1X Super clamp
• 1X Pocket Wizard

Working in groups we got a task:

• ·      Make set of portraits in a interior space
•     Combine available-light with the Metz flash. Fill-in technique
• ·      With Manual settings; Crete images with different ratios: -2 and -3 stops. (Combine with ambient light)
• ·      Bounced and diffused technique should be used (Spun and Neutral Density gel)
• ·      Two frames on Auto settings

Light Metre - Sunshine setting + FSTOP

• Shutter speed dictates how bright and dark the background is
• Power of the flash dictates how bright your subject is
• Aperture ring dictates how bright/dark your overall scene is 

First contact sheet is the work of Edvard in my group - where I kindly modelled 

Second contact sheet - Here Dana and I shared a film together - I shot the first 4

Received knowledge:

• ·      Shutter speed dictates background light (ambient)
• Decision of how much depth of field you have must dictate the Ambient light meter reading
• It is recommended that the power.aperture of the fill-in flash should be: 2 to 3 f-stops LESS than the Ambient 
• ·      The power of flash dictates subject brightness
• ·      The aperture effects everything: overall brightness of the image
• ·      Move the subject from the background
• ·      Taking readings with flash meter from subject – always flash mode shutter speed should be set on 1/500

Ratio types:

1:1=0 F-Stop

2:1=1 F-Stop

3:1=1.5 F-Stop

4:1=2 F-Stop

SYNC SPEED V'S FLASH DURATION - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/photography/tips-solutions/sync-speed-versus-flash-duration