Flash - Underexposed

Set on manual mode, F10 Stop, 1/60 s, ISO 100

Self-Directed

Set on manual mode, F10 Stop, 1/60 s, ISO 100

Self-Directed

Ambient light reading of an fstop of 8. I then had to underexpose it by 3 stops meaning i had to close the aperture making it an fstop of 11.  (This will underexpose the background making it darker.) I then had to change the flash back to its original reading which was F8 , I did this by pressing the pilot key on the flash to test it out and had to do this until i was able to get the original ambient reading. By doing this my subject had the correct exposure but the background was more darker. This works well on images where there is a sunset at the back and your subject is still well beautifully exposed.

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Artists:

Rineke Dijkstra

Rineke Dijkstra (born 2 June 1959 in Sittard) is a Dutch Photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam. Dijkstra concentrates on single portraits, and usually works in series, looking at groups such as adolescents, clubbers, and soldiers, from the Beach Portraits of 1992 and on, to the video installationBuzzclub/Mysteryworld (1996-1997), Tiergarten Series (1998-2000), Israeli Soldiers (1999-2000), and the single-subject portraits in serial transition: Almerisa (1994-2005), Shany (200-2003), Olivier (2000-2003), and Park Portraits (2005-2006). Her subjects are often shown standing, facing the camera, against a minimal background. This compositional style is perhaps most notable in her beach portraits, which generally feature one or more adolecents againts a sea scape. This style is again seen in her studies of women who have just given birth.