Flash photography tip: Hide flashes with a colour filter in your scene

Sunday 2 June 2024, 20:10 by Elja Trum | 2,532 views | 0 comments

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Flashes with colour filters can help make your photo more interesting. For example, it is fun to look for places in a scene where you can hide another flash. It really adds something if you can light a background element in this way.

Danique - f/3.5, 1/100s, 500 ISO @ 41mm
A flashgun on its supplied mini tripod can be placed almost anywhere. Put a colour filter on it and don't fire it too hard. This lets you make details in your photo stand out more.

For example, hide a flash in a lampshade, a cupboard or an oven. Look especially for places in your photo that get lost because they are dark. That is often where adding some light with a flash has the most value.

In the photo above, I lit up the dark cave where Danique was standing. I deliberately aimed the flash at the back of the cave here, so the whole cave stood out in green.

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