Paul, Good suggestion. I've bought a Lightsphere now, but the 'build your own' better bounce card is a cheap alternative. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some excellent suggestions from Paul...You can get rid of the yellowish cast > by adding some blue. On my monitor it also looks a little dark so I'd have > to lighten it for my system - YMMV. > > Other options for single flash could include some sort of light modifier on > the flash itself. Paul has shown some excellent work using both LumiQuest > and LightSphere products. > > I've had some good luck going the cheap route using this - > > http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/ > > You can also check out David Ziser's blog - he's a quite successful > photographer in the Cincinnati area and has some good tutorials. > > http://www.digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/ > > Nice family portrait - it's hard to get one with everyone's eyes open, > especially when you're working with a little one. > > -p > > PN Stenquist wrote: >> >> You did well in regard to the direction and diffusion of the light. The >> color cast I mentioned in another post is probably due to bouncing off the >> mustard colored wall, if that is what you did. Using a piece of white >> posterboard or a studio umbrella on a stand as a reflector would avoid that. >> But I think you have a great photo here that would be enhanced by a slight >> color tweak. >> Paul >> On Nov 30, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Matthew Montgomery wrote: >> >>> >>> On Nov 29, 2008, at 11:16 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>> >>>> Cute shot , nice exposure. >>>> >>>> Kenneth Waller >>>> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f >>> >>> Thanks all. >>> >>> Anyone have any tips for this sort of shot with a single flash? I pretty >>> mush just focused on trying to find some way to bounce the light around. >>> Directional flash was a no go in this situation. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Montgomery" >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: PESO: Family Christmas Portrait >>>> >>>> >>>>> First time taking an indoor, primarily flash lit, family portrait for >>>>> this year's Christmas card. This was with a K10D, a DA 21mm and a 540 >>>>> flash. To get anything decent I had to bounce the flash off the wall >>>>> behind the camera. By the way, the blinking red light in wireless remote >>>>> mode worked well as an entertainment source for the kid. :-) >>>>> http://electricjunk.smugmug.com/photos/426997365_CCwoz-L.jpg >>>>> -- >>>>> Matthew >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
