Questions about master/slave flash
Hi Grinners...
Hoping you can help me improve my technique.
I am shooting a d70 with sb-600 setup as a slave flash. I am able to get some great results, but very inconsistently. For example, last night, I tried to shoot my daughter (7 months old) in her halloween costume. Something is causing her to squint in all the pictures.. I don't know how to fix this.... can't tell if this from a prefill or from one of the flashes.
Here are some examples from yesterday.. would appreciate your comments of how I can improve. I am not very satisfied.
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/10158604_hLvp4#698895439_pdHoc
Would also appreciate to any ideas/setup for master/slave setup for the Nikon SB600. How far away should this be from the subject?
Thank you.
RICK GAETANO
Hoping you can help me improve my technique.
I am shooting a d70 with sb-600 setup as a slave flash. I am able to get some great results, but very inconsistently. For example, last night, I tried to shoot my daughter (7 months old) in her halloween costume. Something is causing her to squint in all the pictures.. I don't know how to fix this.... can't tell if this from a prefill or from one of the flashes.
Here are some examples from yesterday.. would appreciate your comments of how I can improve. I am not very satisfied.
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/10158604_hLvp4#698895439_pdHoc
Would also appreciate to any ideas/setup for master/slave setup for the Nikon SB600. How far away should this be from the subject?
Thank you.
RICK GAETANO
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Hint: "None"; tried "zero" "0" "None" "none"…
Gave up…
…moved on
- Wil
Sorry Will!
I wouldn't say she was squinting in all the pics, just perhaps one which was really noticeable.
Make sure the eyes (or nearest eye) is in focus; sometimes autofocus will get confused, especially if there's lots of lines or defined areas of contrast in the picture.
Looks like you bounced the flash off the ceiling in a couple of cases, which is OK for groups, but in the case of close-ups, a diffuser would work better (even a white handkerchief (clean)) getting rid of some of the harsh shadows.
Q: How far away?
A: It depends…
You should be able to use an SB600 as a remote with a D70. You can use it as the main light, and use the D70 (with built-in "off" but still controlling the SB600) just to trigger the SB600, or you could use the SB600 as the main light and use the built-in as the fill) - all by using the wonderful Nikon "Creative Flash System", as described in the manual, and also various threads here (use the "Search" function), and other place (use "google")
Got to go - heading out to gig - good luck - if you have any problems finding the info, I'll explain later…
- Wil
PS: Welcome to DGPF, by the way…
Very cute pictures by the way. Some are out of focus though. Looks like you were using the off camera flash in the shot on the white sheet.
Some of the shots seem a little grainy. What mode are you setting your camera in (Auto, P, etc), and what mode are you setting the flash groups in? Just curious.
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