I’m not a big fan of using a flash, especially when shooting documentary-style photos. I’d much rather use the existing light to communicate information, mood, etc.
Sometimes, however. there’s no substitute for adding light to a scene.
Ron Hatfield scoops ice from his fishing hole on Elton Pond in East Selah Jan. 3, 2011. Recent cold, clear weather has allowed the pond to freeze over for ice fishing. The ice is now about four inches thick. Daytime high temperatures are forecast to rise to 40 degrees by Friday before dropping to freezing over the weekend. Hatfield has been ice fishing at Elton Pond for four or five years and says "it's just the challenge of trying to hook (a trout). It beats sitting in front of the TV." On Monday he was using a combination of red fish eggs, night crawlers and corn as bait. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Needing a standalone photo for A1, I found this ice fisherman trying his luck on a local lake. The weather was sunny and cold and I wanted to somehow include the sun in the to help convey that idea of sun. Using the flash to illuminate the fisherman I was able to better balance the light between the sun and the fisherman. Plus, I was able to get the interesting starburst effect by using a small f-stop.
As a side note, the flash was set on manual mode at full power. I almost always use my Canon automatic/TTL flash in the manual mode because of the inconsistent results I get while using it in the automatic mode. I vary the power output of the flash to match the situation.
–Gordon King
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