Off Camera Flash
I just got a couple of pocket wizards and have been playing with the flash off camera outdoors. I have a ways to go but was wondering what you would think of these two shots. Both are family members and graciously allowed me some time to play.
Hope
Theresa
Hope
Theresa
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Thanks for your feedback. The first one is the one that comes closer to fitting the bill for off camera flash, but even it ended up looking a little like sunlight coming from the side. Which is ok since it was a cloudy day. The second one was more straight head on but in that one I am just glad that I hit a decent exposure. I'm struggling with all the manual settings of the flash and getting to the correct fstop. Guess it will take some time to break old habits and get used to the idea of controlling the light which is something that I need to do.
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I'm not sure what happened, I had both of them posted, but one seemed to have wandered off. Here is the other one.
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Yes that is the one. I went back and edited my original post and put names on the photos. I should have done that when I first posted. For a while yesterday, one of the photos was not showing so I posted it again. The photo of Hope is the one that I said best fits the description of off camera flash. The photo of Theresa is the one that I said I was just glad to hit a decent exposure. Don't know why there was a problem with them not showing up in the forum. The photos are linked to an album on my smug mug site.
To Scott: I don't know why but when I first viewed your post there was no photo showing. Then after I posted my reply, it shows up in your post. Weird, sort of like me..
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Thanks for your comments. I would be curious to know if you think the flash is too hot in these shots or the ambient too underexposed, or both.
Balancing the flash with the ambient light is where I am struggling the most. I shot these with a Nikon d300s and I have a SB-600. When I use the SB-600 either on camera or off, it does a pretty good job of balancing the light. Not always but most of the time. These shots were taken with the Nikon and an old Sunpak 544D. What I am attempting to do is learn to balance without all the fancy gadgets to help.