Let it glow

Discover how to combine flash and ambient light to capture vibrant images of illuminated subjects

When something’s too dark, simply pop a trusty flashgun on your Nikon and it becomes well-exposed, right? Well, not always. We hope that the series so far has helped you to feel pretty confident about getting good exposures with your flashgun, which you can use in many instances. But if you’re shooting an object with its own light source, there’s a little more to think about than usual. When photographing subjects that light up themselves, it can be easy to run into all sorts of problems. One of the pitfalls you need to avoid is destroying the light of the subject in favour of brightly exposing the image with flash light. Here we’ll show you how you can balance the ambience and the interest of the subject that’s lit up…

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