I am a Lightsphere user. I have had all 3 versions of it, and now use
the flexible, opaque with the inverted dome. I have found my best
settings to be the most simple. If there is any kind of available light
at all, I just set the camera to Program mode, use the dome in the
sphere, raise the flash output by 1 EV, and set ISO to 400. 99% of the
time I get great results with even lighting including ambient detail.
If the interior is very dark, you can experiment with slower shutter
speeds than the P mode of 1/60, but keeping things in P and letting the
flash with Lightsphere do it's thing keeps matters simple and lets you
concentrate on composing and getting shots rather than fiddling with
camera settings. I also ALWAYS shoot in RAW which gives another cushion
of adjustability later. There are a few wedding shots on my website...
all done with the Lightsphere, though some of them were done with the
original hard plastic model without a dome. Oh, by the way, I never use
the sphere aimed straight at someone... even outdoors. With the newest
model Lightsphere with inverted dome in position you always have a
structure to bounce off of, indoors or out. I just always keep the
sphere pointed up and fire away. Use the pivot feature on your flash to
keep the sphere in the proper position in both horizontal and vertical
shots. Quick and easy... I never use a bracket anymore.
Steve
www.parrottimaging.com
On Apr 13, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Marco Gamba wrote:
Hi Peter and board!!
Ok... I was fascinated and the Lightsphere is now here (Only 1 day
shipment,
don't know if this justifies the 22 English pounds shipment's cost...)!
Still waiting for the Omnibounce, but the wedding is next week (21th),
so
I'll try and practice in this days with the Lightsphere.
I will try some shots in the church at slow shutter (not too slow for
moving
sequence) speed ad f/4 - f/5.6 using the Sphere pointing straight up,
with
no dome on it, let's see what will show up :D The few shots I thing I
will
do in the church with the Sphere and dome mounted pointing to the
subject
will be with the subject (the bride..) entering from the front door
(strong
backlight).
You suggest me to expose something inside and LOCK it to the scene of
the
door?
Was I clear? :D
Ok time is running out and I don't know if I'm more excited or
terrorized!!!
:)
Bye!
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