nvguerreiro
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Hi, everybody
I'm having a hard time trying to take pictures of my wife without resulting in her eyes closed.
She's one of those few people very sensitive to light, who almost always ends up with half or fully closed eyes in pictures.
From what I read about this problem, I believe it is related with the fact that some people close their eyes when a measuring light signal (pre-flash?) is sent immediately before the main flash is fired, part of the TTL (Through The Lens) flashing mechanism.
Yesterday I bought a Nissin Di600 external flash unit for my Nikon D5100 camera and I've already tried every single tip I found on the net to overcome this problem, including:
I've also seen suggestions on asking the subject to keeping eyes closed until the photo is taken and open them immediately before the flash fires, with the help of a 1, 2, 3 count from the photographer, but I believe I have to find a technical solution for this problem.
Any ideas?
Many thanks for any help.
Best regards,
Nuno Guerreiro
I'm having a hard time trying to take pictures of my wife without resulting in her eyes closed.
She's one of those few people very sensitive to light, who almost always ends up with half or fully closed eyes in pictures.
From what I read about this problem, I believe it is related with the fact that some people close their eyes when a measuring light signal (pre-flash?) is sent immediately before the main flash is fired, part of the TTL (Through The Lens) flashing mechanism.
Yesterday I bought a Nissin Di600 external flash unit for my Nikon D5100 camera and I've already tried every single tip I found on the net to overcome this problem, including:
- Disabling the TTL flashing mechanism: I switched to Manual mode on my Nissin Di600 and adjusted the power accordingly, but no luck, she closed her eyes anyway. This was my best hope, since I believed this would completely remove the pre-flash used in TTL. I even switched to Manual flash mode on the camera menu, which I believe only applies to the internal flash unit, but the result was the same.
- Use Flash Value (FV) Lock: I believe the D5100 doesn't support it. Anyway I tried pressing the AE-L button after focusing, but it didn't work.
- Set the flash firing mode to Rear Curtain: My camera supports this mode, I activated it and indeed noticed a delay in the flash, but no luck either. Her eyes were closed anyway
I've also seen suggestions on asking the subject to keeping eyes closed until the photo is taken and open them immediately before the flash fires, with the help of a 1, 2, 3 count from the photographer, but I believe I have to find a technical solution for this problem.
Any ideas?
Many thanks for any help.
Best regards,
Nuno Guerreiro