Sadly the ceiling is the same color as the walls in that room which
leads to unfortunate hard to remover color casts. I usually bring a
Lumaquest soft box with me when I carry a relatively bulky flash, but
damned if I forgot to check the bag, (that particular flash doesn't have
the Velcro to attach the softbox anyway, so just call me WeeGee.
On 3/13/2013 1:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
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.
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