Jordan...


You need to use HSS on your flashes. High speed sync will get you the exposure the way you want. Shoot in manual mode on camera. Adjust the menu setting on either the flash(s) or camera(if you can control the flashes through the camera menu) to HSS. Leave the flashes off, and meter the scene through the lens(TTL). Turn flashes on and adjust your exposure from there, and your flashes. You could use AV mode, but then the flashes will be mainly for fill, which will work for daylight settings, but I find manual easier to use. You could also do manual flash, which will give you more control of output for the scene. By doing this, you can shoot in bright daylight with large apertures, while controlling the scene. In this situation, your subject is controlled by aperture, and the scene by exposure. So, if you want to light the subject and keep the background darker(as Sean does quite well!!), you would manually dial down the exposure by 1,2 or even 3 stops of light....and the flash would light your subject...making her "pop" from the picture..so to say!!


Here is a small example....this one shot at f2.8 with On camera flash and exposure dialed down 2 2/3 stops...sorry the color space is off, so the picture


looks funny.


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