Would have been better if you'd set the flash on a lightstand, angled into the scene and slightly above, triggered with a slave remote, so that the flash "fill" could create some modeling shadows. Most look kinda flat to my eye.
I've done this for portraits done outdoors in shade or an overcast day using a little trigger flash (the Nikon SB-30, courtesy Adam's suggestion) set on minimum output manual and the IR shield raised, a Wein strobe slave sensor, and the Sunpak 383 fitted with Lumiquest Mini SoftBox set to manual 1/8-1/16 output. A couple of test shots and you dial in the flash/ambient exposure balance, then you just shoot and concentrate on framing and focus (presuming your light stays reasonably consistent). I like doing that much more than trying to figure out what the flash automation systems will do. Godfrey On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:32 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2008-paec2/index.htm > > Since it was very o/c on Sunday, at the horse, er opps, Pony show, > I thought > it best to use some fill flash on the candids while the indoor part of > the show was on. > After all i have black cameras, might as well look like a Pro, ehe.:-0 > > The files a1acandid and files marked Cash and Miles are all using > fill. > > Candids Nikon D1H and sb80dx, and Cash and Miles K10D and 360. > > Some look over lit, others look more natural. > > Anyone with more fill experience want to have a look, and comment.?? > > If not, no biggy. > > Fill was mostly -1.0 to -2.0, but some of the overly brights were at > -0.5 IIRC. I used a +0.7 EV on the D1h to get a decently right Histo. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
