High Speed Sync

Nikon has a really cool feature in their flash system called high speed sync. It allows you to shoot at very high shutter speeds to 'kill' the ambient/background light and therefore control your depth of field with aperture.

This was taken at 1/8000 sec at f/2.8. The subject was sitting indoors with a full daylight background. Normally this would be impossible to balance, but with the high speed sync option it's a pretty simple deal.

If you are a Nikon shooter, give this a try. I'm betting you get some pretty interesting results.

--Steve