Thanks, Dave.
Now that you mention it, I recall someone (maybe Bruce) pointing me to
"Lighting 101" at Strobist a while back as a place to start. In fact, I
think I even "starred" the email for future reference.
-- Walt
On 5/30/2013 1:01 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
This is a good place to staert:http://www.strobist.blogspot.ca/
After that just show up at Stenquest's place.
Dave
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote:
Oops. Not the right URL.
This one's better:
http://www.amazon.com/Promaster-7500EDF-Digital-Flash-Pentax/dp/B00125XY28/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
On 5/30/2013 12:53 PM, Walt wrote:
Well, a couple of weeks after my little financial windfall at work, I
finally decided I should use some of the money to join the flash photography
world. So, I went down to the local brick-and-mortar camera shop in town and
picked up this:
http://www.amazon.com/Promaster-7500EDF-Digital-Flash-Pentax/product-reviews/B00125XY28/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
Shorty: http://goo.gl/QQ3Kz
I tested it out in the shop and it worked fine as far as I could tell. The
thing is, I know jack shizzle about using flash units. Still, it seems like
a well-built unit -- good heft and smooth rotation. The wireless signal
worked well as best I can tell, too. So, for the time being, I feel like I
got a decent deal: $169, discounted from the regular $249 price tag.
When I got home, I spent the better part of the evening watching tutorials
on flash photography. The problem is, they all essentially said, "This is
where you can use flash to get this lighting effect." There was no
nitty-gritty technical detail to speak of -- as though TTL were completely
reliable, which I gather isn't really the case. So, I was wondering where I
might be able to learn more about shooting manual flash in the event the TTL
function fails me -- something to give me an idea of when to adjust the
flash output power, at what distances, etc. I know nothing about guide
numbers, flash modes, or anything like that.
Anybody got any suggestions to that end? Any guidance would be
appreciated.
-- Walt
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