I didn't notice the 280T either, I assumed Peter was using the K20's popup flash. Since the 280T both tilts and swivels, I'd recommend either:
- bounce from ceiling, tilted up 45 degrees; - bounce from adjacent (corner) wall, rotated 45 degrees; - tape a white card to top of flash so it sticks out beyond end a few inches and do #1 or #2; - stuff a white styrofoam cup over the end of the flash and do #1 or #2. Cheap white plastic diffusers can be bought from eBay or Amazon that fit most flashes. Used on a tilted flash they send both direct and reflected light to the subject. I use one all the time at parties and events. They cost much less than the Gary Fong widget and work about as well. Here's a shot I took with one where I rotated and tilted the flash to bounce from an adjacent wall ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7200852420 There's still a strong shadow behind the subject, but it's much less "deer in the headlights" than with an on-camera flash. The direct fill is softened and reduced so it lifts shadows but doesn't overwhelm. On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > Been there, done that with the distracting shadows. > Some thoughts on work arounds: > - don't use flash, or > - bounce flash, and/or > - detach flash from camera, handhold it high overhead, dial in -1 or -2 on > the flash, or > - as above, with flip-up flash dialed in to -1 or so > > Oops - just noticed you said 280T. Not wireless, right? So my last two > suggestions won't work, but the first two are still worth remembering. > > stan > > On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> You shoot with the equipment you've got with ya'. >> >> On 3/12/2013 6:12 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> I'd have been more concerned about the unfortunately harsh on-axis >>> light and shadows. ;-) >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM, [email protected] >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I thought this was pretty good until I noticed the unfortunate sconce >>>> growing out of the top of the guy on the rights head, oh well. Sometimes >>>> content trumps composition... >>>> >>>> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20threeamigos.html >>>> >>>> Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 w/Pentax AF 280T >>>> >>>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
