Hey guys! We are travelling & I’ve just taken a couple of pictures with my family in front of the Australian War Memorial behind me.
Highlights from this video:
0:11 The Australian War Memorial
0:17 First Image BAD
0:29 Second Image GOOD
0:46 Travel Photo Tip
First Image: Poor Quality
I wanted to show you the first one. As you can see, there are a couple of errors in this photo.
- My family is pretty dark
- My wife is wearing her sunglasses, which is not a good thing.
Second Image: Better Quality
The second is much better. What did I do?
- I got my wife to basically take her sunnies off
- I use the flash, outside in the sun.
So, you see what the flash does? It actually lights my family up in front of the Australian War Memorial. It helps pop-out the image.
Travel Photo Tip
So that’s a little tip when you’re out travelling with your family. Use your flash outdoors and take your sunnies off.
Don’t forget to leave a comment below and I’ll respond to them personally. Have a great day!
Brent
P.S. If you like this travel photography tip, then check out my Art of Travel Photography Course.
A very usefull tip indeed! I will surely try this.
dear brent,
thanks a lot for the efforts of yours and the tips you send .its a great feeling to have them.i do look forward to them.
brent, could you please help me in have family pic for potraits and drawing frames and for family functions like birtdays ,couple phots.
i am using sony h1 5 mega pixcels camera .without any lens (add on lens).
please do advice how to read light and what setting to choose …the relation between light and f stops and aperture.which one to select ?;f stop or aperture ?which one to be given preference/weightage?i have seen the video of your on f stops and settings.
regards
bright
Hi Shantanu, I go into much more detail on light, aperture and shutterspeed in my essential photography skills course. Check it out here https://www.brentmailphotography.com/essential-skills-videos Brent
Thanks Brent – thanks for the tips, it is those little things that spoil a photo.
Great tip!! I've had this problem many times and now I know the solution.
Regards Howard in NZL
Glad you like it Howard. Great place NZ, I would like to go there again. Brent
Hi Brent, did you use the on board flash or a hotshoe flash?
I used the onboard flash – nothing too complex with this compact camera. Brent
I really liked the long shutter speed one about the milky scences, but I did not get what you were trying tell us about the potraits.
Maybe you went to the wrong post? – the video you are referring to was th review of how shutter speed effects images. This post is how to use a compact camera when you are on holiday – using fill flash when shooting portraits. Cheers, Brent
Thanku dear Brent for the useful info. Want to know whether u used the flash exposure compensation here or clicked with full strength of fill flash??
I just turned the flash on, default settings. Brent