nearest camera wont be overexposed and the person at the back most would not be underexposed when shooting with flash.
You can’t get around this, at least not perfectly, especially with a point and shoot. The flash meters for the distance of the subject you meter on. So, the best way is to get a photo of people when they are all approximately equidistant from the camera’s lens.
If that isn’t possible try to get further away from the closest person and meter for something in between the two people so that the furthest person is not underexposed and the closest person is less overexposed.
This may require pushing the shutter button halfway on the subject in between and holding it there while you compose your shot to include all of the people you want, then press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture. This may require adjusting your camera through the menu so that the meter is a ’spot’ meter.
You can’t get around this, at least not perfectly, especially with a point and shoot. The flash meters for the distance of the subject you meter on. So, the best way is to get a photo of people when they are all approximately equidistant from the camera’s lens.
If that isn’t possible try to get further away from the closest person and meter for something in between the two people so that the furthest person is not underexposed and the closest person is less overexposed.
This may require pushing the shutter button halfway on the subject in between and holding it there while you compose your shot to include all of the people you want, then press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture. This may require adjusting your camera through the menu so that the meter is a ’spot’ meter.
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Yes, you see the inverse square law explains this.
The only way around this is to use bounce flash off the ceiling.
This will require using an external flash with articulated head.
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