{"id":9431,"date":"2014-06-02T05:11:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T10:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=9431"},"modified":"2014-06-01T17:13:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T22:13:57","slug":"photo-of-the-day-lucas-on-the-porch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/06\/02\/photo-of-the-day-lucas-on-the-porch\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of the day: Lucas on the porch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">O<\/span>ne of my favourite models, helping me practice my on-camera fill flash techniques on the porch today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/14344164563\" title=\"Lucas on the porch by Danielle Donders, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5585\/14344164563_d6f95ef89f_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Lucas on the porch\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been swearing for years that I would learn off-camera flash. I have taken at least two workshops, read many books and countless blog posts. I&#8217;ve bought umbrellas, gels, softboxes, and modifiers, all chasing the magic key that would unlock my understanding. I&#8217;ve tinker with the flash every now and then, but I have never come close to being comfortable with the technique. Everything I read said I needed to get the flash off the camera, but there were just too many variables for me to control to consider using it for a portrait session.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, when I looked back at a lot of recent work, I was able to see that this is a technique I simply must master. I spent a couple of years learning exposure and composition inside and out, and most of last year teaching myself photoshop and lightroom magic. This is the year that I internalize how to use the flash, on camera and off. This is simple fill flash from an external flash mounted on the hot shoe. It helps add a little light to Lucas&#8217;s face and that sparkle to his eye, and helps balance the bright light behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Is it the most creative lighting ever? Nope. Is it flat and directionless, like most on-camera flash? Nope. Is it a good place to start? Yep. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favourite models, helping me practice my on-camera fill flash techniques on the porch today. I have been swearing for years that I would learn off-camera flash. I have taken at least two workshops, read many books and countless blog posts. I&#8217;ve bought umbrellas, gels, softboxes, and modifiers, all chasing the magic key &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/06\/02\/photo-of-the-day-lucas-on-the-porch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Photo of the day: Lucas on the porch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9431"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9436,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431\/revisions\/9436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}