Stephen wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:19:15 +0200, "scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> 
>>> The aperture on a camera is a hole or an opening through which light
>>> is admitted. Besides letting in more or less light it controls the
>>> depth of field. A small aperture gives a greater depth of field. It is
>>> also referred to as the f number or stops. I assume that Sabrina meant
>>> for you to decrease the aperture to cut down the total light entering
>> I'd say open up the aperture actually, to blur the background and make 
>> Andrew stand out more.  Increase the shutter speed to compensate for the 
>> increased aperture, then increase it further until the background is a bit 
>> darker.  Then use some flash to make Andrew appear at a satisfactory 
>> brightness.
>>
> Probably better, I wish Sabrina had said step up or down. There are a
> few ways of doing what's wanted but the best is to bracket the normal
> exposure IMHO.

I was thinking to close the aperture a bit. That bright of a day, I 
didn't think that opening the aperture would leave any room at the flash 
sync to get any light without seeing the shutter. Guess with that bright 
of a pic with that much in focus it has to be a pretty small aperture 
already, but I wasn't going that far with my thoughts yet.

I just graduated from a camera with a max sync speed of 1/64, I'm still 
not used to digital cameras going up to 1/4000.

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