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Photographic technique
Fill flash is a photographic technique used to brighten deep shadow areas, typically outdoors on sunny days, though the technique is useful any time the background is significantly brighter than the subject of the photograph, particularly in backlit subjects. To use fill flash, the aperture and shutter speed are adjusted to correctly expose the background, and the flash is fired to lighten the foreground. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Fill flashA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Best of Wedding PhotographyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Fill/Flash/Memory: A History of Flash MobsCited 5 times
- Go sideways: Photographic lightingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Fill lightA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Fill/Flash/Memory: A History of Flash Mobs
Impact of STI Gap-Fill Process Deposited by HDP-CVD in Flash Memory
Impact of STI Gap-Fill Process Deposited By HDP-CVD in Flash Memory
Deposition Wet-Etching Deposition (DWD) Method for Polysilicon Gate Fill-In at Flash Memory
Combining Light Sources and Using Fill-in Flash
An Accessory Fill-in Flash for the Nikon Photo-Slit Lamp
An Accessory Fill‐in Flash for the Nikon Photo‐Slit Lamp
Teknik Fill in Flash pada Pemotretan Fotografi Fashion Editorial di Sastruga Studio
📚 Books worth reading
The Best of Wedding PhotographyBill Hurter · 2002
Focus on lighting photosFil Hunter · 2011
The Best of Teen and Senior Portrait PhotographyBill Hurter · 2003
Digital Boudoir PhotographyBlair, John G. photographer. · 2006
Existing light techniques for wedding and portrait photographyBill Hurter · 2008
Wedding photographyBill Hurter · 2010
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