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Hopefully Not a Stupid Question: Flash vs. Polarizing Filter
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 375374" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Flash is directional light. Polarizing filters are directional. Using them in conjunction means that the polarizer will negate the flash's impact<em> if and only if, </em>it is casting light that the polarizer is negating, which I don't imagine it would if you're looking to darken bright skies.</p><p></p><p>Best advice I'd heard (for fill situations), and something that's stuck with me, is that you expose for the background light you want, and use flash to augment that on top of it. If you're using a polarizer for skies and whatnot, and a flash to illuminate the foreground/subject, I don't believe you'll have an issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 375374, member: 9240"] Flash is directional light. Polarizing filters are directional. Using them in conjunction means that the polarizer will negate the flash's impact[I] if and only if, [/I]it is casting light that the polarizer is negating, which I don't imagine it would if you're looking to darken bright skies. Best advice I'd heard (for fill situations), and something that's stuck with me, is that you expose for the background light you want, and use flash to augment that on top of it. If you're using a polarizer for skies and whatnot, and a flash to illuminate the foreground/subject, I don't believe you'll have an issue. [/QUOTE]
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