Hi Ed: Looks like you got some good advice from Ecki, Paul & John, so I
can't really add much. As Ecki said, try to "sneak a peek" at the event
venue, and see if you can ask about lights. Don't forget to check the color
of the ceiling if it's a good height to bounce flash light. The shots on
the thread you mentioned below were taken at a place where the ceilings were
painted white and of good bounce-height, say 8ish, 9ish feet high.
I have the Fong Diffuser (cloudy), and I find it frustrating to use, though
I have the Pentax Flash 360, which is not as strong as Paul Stenquist's 540,
so maybe therein lies the problem. Also, I have to chimp like crazy when
using flash because of my flash poor skills, and I'm constantly plus or
minusing flash compensation.
I know I'm not much help here, but I did want to share this: for the geso
mentioned below, I had the camera set to manual mode and at f4 and shutter
speed say 1/30 - 1/60th of a second. Using these setting freed me to focus
more on my flash settings and that was helpful. The learning point of that
exercise was to try and blend flash with existing light.
You probably already know this, and someone has probably already mentioned
it, but I'll just say, I recommend shooting like crazy with your flash from
now until the event. :-)
Sorry I couldn't be more help--good luck with the shoot, and post some pics
if you can. Would like to hear how things went.
Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Keeney" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: Flash Question -- Bounce v. Diffuser
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.
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Thanks!
Ed
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