Flash and Ambient Balance Quiz: Off-Camera Lighting

Master the art of mixing flash with ambient light. This quiz covers the inverse square law, HSS, flash compensation, and the separate controls for ambient and flash exposure that give you creative freedom in any lighting situation.

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Quiz 21: Flash and Ambient Balancing

In flash photography, shutter speed primarily controls:

Aperture affects:

If your background is too dark in a flash portrait, you can:

If subject is too bright from flash, you can:

Inverse square law means:

Moving flash closer to subject:

Bounce flash is generally softer because:

HSS allows:

In HSS, effective flash power:

Flash compensation changes:

To darken ambient while keeping flash subject exposure similar, you can:

For consistent results, many photographers use:

Gel on flash is used to:

A grid on a flash does what?

Balancing flash and ambient is mainly about: