Hi Ed Well you've gone right to the source so we'll give you an answer that you'll endorse =P
The bigger the exit surface of the light, the softer and nicer the light. Seeing you don't know about the ceiling, go sneak a peek first or go with a diffusor / softbox or maybe one of those zany high tech showercap contraptions like the Fong Dong aka lightsphere - mind you I've never used one of those but I do hear good things about them from time to time. If you go with a bounce card, make it as large as possible and with an irregular structure to break up the light. I would use one that doesn't require glue on Velcro on your flash. There are also DIY Fong Dongs plus I've found an empty Corn Flakes bag over the flash with a bit of Mylar (inside of an empty chips bag) glued to the upper part to direct reflections works nicely (read that on the iNet tried it and liked it) but I guess you can only use that in private... ]=) Cheers Ecke 2009/9/17 Ed Keeney <[email protected]>: > De-lurking to pose a question... > > I've been nominated (not at my request) to take pictures at a end of > year dinner for my daughters softball team. I did something similar > about 15 years ago with an older setup I no longer have (theft). > Since then, things have changed, yet things remain the same. > > Here's my question... > > Does anyone have thoughts on using a bounce card versus using a > diffuser for flash shots? Any recommendations to look at? > > I searched the PDML archives and found Christine Aguila's GESO Flash > Practice thread from January 2009 (great work!). > > My equipment... > Body: K100D > Lenses: DA18-55 (kit) and FA50 (1.4) I have longer, but won't be > using those > Flash: Vivitar 285HV > > I can squeak something new into the camera bag under the guise of > needing it for this event. I don't know the layout of the venue, so > I'm not sure what I can get from a bounce off the ceiling. The > Vivitar doesn't swivel, but does have vertical bounce. > > -- > Thanks! > Ed > http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto/PESO?feat=directlink > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
