Catchlight Photography.23 - Canon Speedlite 540EZ Manual

3 Cover the subject with the viewfinder's AF frame and press the shut¬
ter button halfway.
4 Make sure the shutter speed and aperture value displayed in the
viewfinder are not blinking and that the flash charge indicator
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is lit,
then take the picture.
• After taking a picture with bounce flash, the flash exposure check lamp will
light for approx. 2 seconds if correct exposure was achieved. If the flash
exposure check lamp does not light, the subject was underexposed: Set a
larger aperture and take the picture again.
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For best effect, bounce the flash off of a highly-reflective, solid white (or off-white)
surface. If the surface is colored or patterned, the reflected light will pick up the
color or pattern and will adversely affect the photograph.
A "catchlight" is a point of light
reflected in the subject's eyes
which adds life to the photograph.
When taking portrait shots with
bounce flash, the 540EZ's built-in
wide panel can be used as a
reflector to provide a catchlight
effect.
• Catchlight Photography
Rotate the flash head upward to
the vertical 90° position, then pull
the wide panel out of its housing
until it locks in place at the click
position. After that, the procedure
is the same as for normal bounce
flash photography.
• The catchlight effect will not be
produced if the flash head is
rotated to the left or right. The
catchlight panel should only be
used with the flash head in the
90° upward bounce position.
• To effectively produce the catch¬
light in the subject's eyes, make
sure the subject is within 1.5m /
5ft from the camera.
If the flash head is angled 7° down¬
ward while the wide panel is set to
the catchlight position, the entire LCD
panel will blink to warn you that the
bounce position is incorrect. Rotate
the flash head to the 90° upward
bounce position.
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