On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, tom wrote: > the subject. Most on-camera softboxes just have the diffuser material.
Noted. I actually didn't think there were oncamera softboxes until I first saw the little Lumiquest job in a shop. > Depends on the power of the flash. If you have a diffuser, you only > need to use the bare flash if you think the diffuser is going to cut > your power enough to underexpose. Obiviously, I need to do some experimentation. I'm going to be using the AF280T for some time, as I don't think I need anything more powerful for the kind of playing around I do.. > If the flash is aligned with the lens, you shouldn't see too many > shadows. If you see shadows, that's due to the angle of the flash wrt > the subject. A diffuser will soften the edge of the shadow. The bigger > the light source, the more indistinct the shadow. One of the things I noticed in some of my flash pictures of my brother's family were some pretty distinct shadows behind them. I'm unsure, now, if it was direct or bounced off the ceiling. > > The "pocket softbox" > This will soften things up a little bit. > The "pocket bouncer" > This thing is ok, but sucks on a bracket. I currently have no bracket...however, I presume that if I did the pocket softbox is a wiser choice to make? > For some reason my emailer isn't quoting that last section correctly. Looks like the URLs broke your client, whoops! > Anyway, you might want to just get a reflector and counce your light > of that. Anything that is flat and white will work. The current goal is to build a reflector for when I'm playing around out of something white and plastic..either a bottle for something or perhaps one of the big white plastic paint liners I have. > I would just point the flash up and use a big white reflector of some > sort if you're trying to do cheap macro. See above. Thank you all, BTW, for your assistance. -g. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
