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Thursday, 18 December 2014

Tech task b

Incident light - this reading is taken from the light which is falling onto the subject e.g. from camera flash, soft boxes and snoots.

 Reflective light – this reading is taken from the light that is reflected off of models

Every time you capture an image your camera is you are making two exposures simultaneously, you are making an exposure of ambient light and flash’s light. Ambient light is controlled by the f/stop and shutter speed you choose while flash is controlled by the aperture. The meter within your camera cannot read the flash but all handheld light meters can meter for both ambient and flash readings.


To meter for flash you must connect a tethered flash sync cord to your Light reader and soft box or via a wireless remote trigger. You must place your light meter directly in front of the subject and press the measuring button, the flash lighting within the studio should fire and the light meter will them produce an accurate light reading.

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