On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 01:46:42PM -0500, Ed Keeney wrote: > A few weeks back I had asked about using a flash at an event and > either a diffuser or bounce card. I eventually went with the > Lumiquest Pocket Bouncer. > > The event was last week. As for the results, I think some of the > shots came out ok (my opinion). The people who run the program were > very happy with what they received. > > The venue was a hall with a vaulted ceiling - no bounce opportunities > there. It was also a dark room - they kept the lights down to show > videos and slide shows from the season. As for me, I tried using the > bounce and flash, but for the most part, I had trouble getting close > enough to utilize both. I wound up shooting many of the shots with > the direct flash. > > Here are two that I think work the best...
Well done > > http://www.rbsa.us/RBSA_10_29_2009_017.jpg Nothing to complain about with the lighting on that one. > > http://www.rbsa.us/RBSA_10_29_2009_039.jpg Very interesting composition. I'd crop so that the hula hoop girl was on the right edge, but by putting her in the center, it actually gives it a tension with everything being over to the left side. > > Thanks for everyone who offered their thoughts and ideas. > -- > 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. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
