Hello
A big thankyou to phil for his talk on flash photography, I'm beginning to realise that you can do more than you think with the speedlights and i'm starting to experiment with it. I've yet to understand the technical side of it but i'm sure i can torment phil with my questions as they arise.
Anyway hopefully it helped me out at the weekend when i was strong armed into doing my nieces christening, its the only reason i get invited.
This is Millie with flash bounced of the font back onto her
Please tell me what you think and if i can improve it
Lee
Well done, I'm sure Millie's parents will love it, a kind of startled half smile, if that makes sense.
On the techie side you can see the light has come from her left side and you've got a good exposure on her face and dress with no blown highlights. So flash wise you've done well.
In a competition, a judge would probably comment on her right arm leading out of the photo (holding mum's hand?) then maybe the reflections off the brass rails holding the carpet down on the stairs, but its not all about competitions, on these occasions its recording the event. You've captured a special moment in Millie's life and the bounced flash has enhanced that moment.
Thanks Guys
As you say phil (Holding mums hand) How right you are, and yes pretty obvious were the light was coming from and her parents love it that much they want a poster size print of it 40x 30 i think shame they don't pay me, family.
Thanks again
Lee
Following on from Phil's demonstrations there are articles of interest on the Photography Help Links, of which I have found Neil van Niekerk's "Techniques for on-camera flash" interesting. Having revisited it recently, I notice that he has rewritten his articles and they will be published as a book on Flash Photography Techniques published by Amherst Media and for release on 1st August 2009 ... one to look out for, if it is as good as his articles. Regards
Walter
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
― Dorothea Lange
