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	Introduction
	Interiors 101
	Interiors 102
	Interiors 103
	Interiors 104 & some conclusions
»	Exteriors 201
	Exteriors 202
	Exteriors 203
	Exteriors 204 & some conclusions
	Final notes

Flash compensation and off camera flash.
 

(21) Control image without flash. Matrix Metering, of course. Exposure: 1/60 sec, f/6.3 Strong contrast between the patches of sunlight and shadows, under a canopy of trees.
(22) Flash on hot shoe, no diffuser. Flash head: straight forward Flash settings: TTL + Matrix Flash compensation: none  Exposure: 1/200 sec, f/8 Result: Fill flash at work.  Efficient shot, both subjects well lit. Flash is very subtle under this strong contrast ambient light
(23) Flash on hot shoe, no diffuser. Flash head: straight forward Flash settings: TTL + Matrix Flash compensation: -1  Exposure: 1/200 sec, f/7.1 Result: Although no more subtleness was needed, this shot was made to show that under strong contrast a -1 is useless. There is almost no difference between this and the control image without flash.
(24) Flash on hot shoe, no diffuser. Flash head: straight forward Flash settings: TTL + Matrix Flash compensation: -1.7  Exposure: 1/200 sec, f/7.1 Result: This image was shot with the famous Galen Rowell compensation number. Obviously does not work under strong contrast, it is most probably for overcast and open spaces.
(25) Flash off camera at left with SC-17 Flash head: straight forward Flash settings: TTL + Matrix Flash compensation: none  Exposure: 1/200 sec, f/7.1 Result: As good as image 22, but shadows now cast into the right side as a consequence of the change in flash position.