On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 03:12:08PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Try bounced light too. Think pool or billiards. Point the flash > upwards behind you to where the wall meets the ceiling. This will > create a huge umbrella effect. It will also increase the distance from > the flash to the subject(s), so you'll have to crank the power up, or > the ISO up, or open the aperture more to compensate. (I find that > P-TTL works well used in this way, in general.) > > Note that the shutter has no effect on your exposure from the flash, > so keep it at 160th for this.
In manual mode, use the aperture to control the exposure from the flash, and the shutter speed to control the exposure from ambient light. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://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.

