Dual Flash

leebase

Purchased a Canon 580ex to go along with my Canon 550ex with the first priority of ensuring I have a backup for shooting weddings. But since I now have two flashes I am experimenting with using them together for portrait lighting.

Just got the flash today. Haven't yet read the manual. This isn't exactly fine portraiture or even an attempt to be. This is the "open box, put flash on camera, put second flash on piano, grab a daughter and shoot" photos.

Here's a couple "one flash, bounced" photo:





Notice the wonderful raccoon shadow effects that folks just LOVE to see

And now I add my 550ex as wireless slave.





Lee

ziggy53

Thanks
Lee,

Thanks for this series demonstrating, once again, the importance of 3 dimensional lighting. It is easy to forget the improvement without examples.

Thanks also to your young model.

ziggy53

XO-Studios

leebase wrote:

<SNIP>Just got the flash today. Haven't yet read the manual. This isn't exactly fine portraiture or even an attempt to be. This is the "open box, put flash on camera, put second flash on piano, grab a daughter and shoot" photos.
Lee

Realizing this is the first off out of the box shot, you will be surprised how much better, and how much the results improve once you play with lighting ratio's.

XO,

leebase

XO-Studios wrote:

Realizing this is the first off out of the box shot, you will be surprised how much better, and how much the results improve once you play with lighting ratio's.

Don't stop there....share....!

Would love to hear from those who know...cuz I surely do not

Lee