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Holiday photos (2)
The majority of holiday photos are taken inside. Here are tips to help you tackle some of the lighting issues you may face.
Back-lighting - Artificial or natural light coming from behind a subject can fool an exposure meter. As a result, the foreground images will look under exposed (too dark). Try to shoot from an angle where the main source of light comes over your shoulder. Or, use fill-in flash or a back-lighting scene mode.
Artificial lighting - set the white balance according to the main source of light.
Using the built-in flash
Flash range - Stay within the minimum or maximum flash range otherwise images will be too dark, too light or there will be darkness in the corners.
Flash delay - A delay takes place between shots to let a flash recycle. The length of a pause increases when batteries are low so use fully charged or new batteries for flash photography
Red-eye - To help prevent red-eye, ask subjects not to look directly at the camera. If possible, increase light in the room or move subjects closer to a window where outside light shines in.
Avoid reflective surfaces - Shiny furniture, mirrors, windows and glass panels cause a flash to be reflected from the surface back into the camera lens. The reflected light will show up in the photo and ruin it.
