Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > On 1/1/05 6:33 PM, "lkhermann" <lkhermann@bresnan.net> typed: > > >>Wonderful Hair. Nice photos. >>Lee >> >> >> >>At 02:48 AM 1/2/2005 +0100, you wrote: >> >>>Not really my usual subject. Beware ! small children! >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/BW_MG_0807_copy >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/BW_MG_0810 >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/dcebw813_copy >>> >>>Snapshots taken over the Christmas holidays, my grand-nephew and >>>grand-niece, >>>Canon 20D + Summicron 50mm in black and white mode. >>> >>>Douglas > > > > Try BOUNCE FLASH off the ceiling. > You can tell right off if you are getting the shot or not. > Just get a little separate canon or Metz flash. > > Pint it straight up! > > Or sideways! > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ Hi Mark, I can't consciously remember having used flash on the second and third shot, Tarek was sitting in front of a window and it was dark outside,Diana was lit from behind by halogen spots reflecting off a white canvas.The other lighting was halogen spots recessed in the kitchen ceiling above the table, all that plus a whole bunch of candles on the table. I might consider an off-camera flash but I hardly ever use flash for my usual subjects and E-TTL flashes are neither the cheapest nor the most compact of equipment around, but thanks for the advice - it's already archived in my tips and tools file. Cheers Douglas