On Mar 13, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Tanya Love wrote:
Bob W said:
However, take a look at this:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=50625&id=1022455271&ref=nf#!/
album.php
?page=6&aid=161316&id=547536217
These were shot by a girl I know (in my home town), who is calling
herself a
"professional" and who purchased her FIRST slr camera less than a
year ago!
Grrrrrr. They are FAR from professional!
The link isn't working.
I know how to use it AND I hate it. Anyone who thinks the mark of a
professional is knowing how to use artificial light knows nothing
about
photography.
I totally agree! The best shots I have done are the most uncontrived,
candid shots without invasive use of flash/strobes. It takes
special skill
to be able to "read" the light and know when natural light will make
or
break the shot, and/or when flash is needed.
There is as much to learn about using strobes as there is about using
a camera. Most of the photography I've done has been in situations
where strobes aren't an option, so I worked at getting good at
photographs without a strobe. Now, I really need to improve my skills
with lighting. I've read light, science and magic twice, and am
working my way through the strobist DVDs.
One of the reasons I dislike my 540 so much is that I seem to have to
put more energy into outsmarting it than I do in where to aim it, and
how to diffuse it. It may very well be the fault of the camera that
the p-ttl metering isn't worth shite, but on average I get better
results putting the flash on manual, and setting my f-stop by guaging
the distance, taking a SCWAG at the exposure and occasionally chimping
to double check. This is why I get so annoyed at the flash deciding
that I really want p-ttl rather than whatever power I set it at.
--
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est
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