Background was dictated by the group size. I first exposed for the background at f10.0, 1/200 @ ASA 200 on Manual. I knew about the impending crop, so I wanted ASA 100, but it wasn’t sensitive enough. Flash was on stand, camera left. Wanted to test flash power, but whatever I set it to wasn’t enough to light the group. Don’t know what the flash power was, but near ½ or full. Then I had to manage the crowd. Gotta allocate and make time to get and manage crowd together. Net-Net was an underexposure of 1.5-2.0 stops. Thank God for RAW Processing.
If I had to do it over again, I would
- move flash nearer and wider,
- open aperture to f7.1 or f6.3
- and test the new aperture. If background were too bright, set speed to 1/250.
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