{"id":218,"date":"2009-09-29T23:02:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T03:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stayfocusedpress.com\/blog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2021-03-07T23:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T04:51:12","slug":"using-flash-tip-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"Using Flash Tip #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most cameras have a built-in flash for shooting indoors or in low-light areas. Sometimes photos taken with flash may look overly contrasty or harsh since you&#8217;re using a tiny, single light source. To soften the light, you can cover the flash with a handkerchief or facial tissue. The result is a more rounded look, especially on faces.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Soften The Light<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnielee.com\/sfp\/images\/kids\/DSC_1984.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[218]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arnielee.com\/sfp\/images\/kids\/DSC_1984s.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThis photo was taken with flash. Notice that the right side of the face shows a lot of contrast the photo appear harsh.<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnielee.com\/sfp\/images\/kids\/DSC_1979.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[218]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arnielee.com\/sfp\/images\/kids\/DSC_1979s.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nFor this shot, I covered the flash with a facial tissue. I wrapped the tissue around the flash with a rubber band. The result is a softer light.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnielee.com\/sfp\/images\/kids\/IMG_2270.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[218]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arnielee.com\/sfp\/images\/kids\/IMG_2270s.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"151\"><\/a><br \/>\nthe facial tissue acts as simple flash diffuser<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most cameras have a built-in flash for shooting indoors or in low-light areas. Sometimes photos taken with flash may look overly contrasty or harsh since you&#8217;re using a tiny, single light source. To soften the light, you can cover the flash with a handkerchief or facial tissue. The result is a more rounded look, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,4],"tags":[20,605,597],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11023,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/11023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}