Dawn And Dusk Flash Photography

Etymology: The study of words. Photography: The art of taking and processing photographs. Photo = light Graphy = to write In regard to etymology, photography means to write with light. Flash allows a photographer to add light where it doesn’t appear naturally. Subjects that appear in shadow can now be illuminated. At dawn and dusk, when the sky is included in the composition, anything that appears in the foreground has less light. The difference may be between 4 to 5 stops. This being the case, the entire foreground reveals less detail. To even out the difference, a bracketed series of exposures can be made and optimized using HDR software. But what if the subject moves during the bracketing? When the subject is wildlife or delicate flowers that move in the slightest breeze, HDR isn’t the best solution. Incorporate the use of flash to solve the problem. Use it to provide supplementary illumination to the subject in the foreground. There’s a magic quality to the light right before the sun crests the horizon at sunrise and just after it sinks below at sunset. The color in the sky can be vibrantly electric. In the foreground sits a majestic specimen of […]

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