Things You'll Need:
- Camera with either a built-in flash or a camera and hot-shoe flash
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Step 1
Look for the button with a lightning bolt symbol. This is the button that changes the flash mode.
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Step 2
Change the flash mode to "on" by pressing this button. On some cameras, pressing the button will bring up a menu to select flash mode. On others, it will cycle the flash mode between off, on, red eye removal and automatic. Flash On mode is indicated by a lightning bolt on the display's flash mode indicator.
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Step 3
Compose the photograph.
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Step 4
Press the shutter release. The flash will fire.
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Step 5
Check the exposure on the LCD monitor. The back-lit scene should be properly exposed, as should the faces.
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Step 1
Decide which type of flash to use. If your camera has a built-in flash, press the button to pop the flash up. If you are going to use an external flash, affix the flash to the camera's hot shoe.
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Step 2
Press the button with the lightning bolt symbol. While holding the button down, rotate the camera's rear control wheel until only a lightning bolt is shown on the top LCD display. If you are using the built-in flash, this is the balanced fill flash mode. If you are using an external flash with a mode button, press the mode button until either TTL or both TTL and BL are shown on the flash's LCD screen.
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Step 3
Compose the photograph.
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Step 4
Press the shutter release; the flash will fire.
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Step 5
Check the exposure on the LCD monitor. The back-lit scene should be properly exposed as should the faces.









