Need help with Evening Beach Photos

[tingringirl]

I was at the beach this evening doing photos of 3 indiv. It was almost sunset and I wanted to take photos with the sunset in the back ground. I wanted to put my Cannon setting on "program" and an ISO of 500 but it would not let me take photos for some reason. I need to know what is the best setting for sunset photos please. I am amature photographer and am alittle frustrated with my Cannon 30D (more frustrated in myself:confused: I should say) I don't really know how to use all the functions. Also my flash that I was using as a fill flash was going off occasionally and not like I wanted it too? What am I doing wrong. I could use all the help I can get ....thank you....Tingringirl:rolleyes:

[asysin2leads]

Here is a great tutorial about shooting at sunset with fill flash. You may want to check out his blog anyway. He has some fantastic advice.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/06/free-custom-backdrops-delivered-daily.html

Relax. Shooting at sunset with little ambient light and getting the subject to stand out is difficult. Don't kick yourself. It takes a lot of time, patience and practice.

[David-next]

Those are some of the best types of photos, however. This is a great tutorial. Thank you for posting it.