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If the person is within five feet, use the fill-flash mode; beyond five feet, the full-power mode may be required.

Subject is dark

After

Good

Better

Bring your picture to life by simply moving your subject away from the middle of your picture.

Boring

Better

Most auto-focus cameras focus on whatever is in the center of the picture.

If you don't want a blurred picture, you'll need to first lock the focus with the subject in the middle and then recompose the picture so the subject is away from the middle.

Subject not in focus

Better

The number one flash mistake is taking pictures beyond the flash's range.

Without flash

With flash

Good

Also good

Good

Better

Boring

Better

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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">3. </TD><TD><A href="#wg04_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Use flash outdoors</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US">If the person is within five feet, use the fill-flash mode; beyond five feet, the full-power mode may be required.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e1/0900688a800981e1/lea_000006_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Subject is dark</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e2/0900688a800981e2/lea_000007_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>After</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">4. </TD><TD><A href="#wg05_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Move in close</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e3/0900688a800981e3/lea_000008_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Good</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e4/0900688a800981e4/lea_000009_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Better</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">5. </TD><TD><A href="#wg06_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Move it from the middle</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US">Bring your picture to life by simply moving your subject away from the middle of your picture.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e7/0900688a800981e7/lea_000012_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Boring</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e8/0900688a800981e8/lea_000013_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Better</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">6. </TD><TD><A href="#wg07_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Lock the focus</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US">Most auto-focus cameras focus on whatever is in the center of the picture. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US">If you don't want a blurred picture, you'll need to first lock the focus with the subject in the middle and then recompose the picture so the subject is away from the middle.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e5/0900688a800981e5/lea_000010_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Subject not in focus</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e6/0900688a800981e6/lea_000011_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Better</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">7. </TD><TD><A href="#wg08_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Know your flash's range</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US">The number one flash mistake is taking pictures beyond the flash's range.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/e9/0900688a800981e9/lea_000014_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Without flash</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/ea/0900688a800981ea/lea_000015_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>With flash</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">8. </TD><TD><A href="#wg09_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Watch the light</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/ec/0900688a800981ec/lea_000016_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Good</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/ee/0900688a800981ee/lea_000017_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Also good</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">9. </TD><TD><A href="#wg10_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Take some vertical pictures</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/ef/0900688a800981ef/lea_000018_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Good</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/f0/0900688a800981f0/lea_000019_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Better</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><TD align="right">10. </TD><TD><A href="#wg11_1_title_1" class="boldLink">Be a picture director</A></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=317/10032&pq-locale=en_US"><DIV><DIV><IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/f1/0900688a800981f1/lea_000020_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Boring</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <IMG border="0" src="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/f2/0900688a800981f2/lea_000021_en_US.jpg" /></DIV> <DIV>Better</DIV></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E9B41F64-6C36-4FDC-BBC3-877161274592/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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