Acer V wrote:
>
> Took a bit over 3 rolls of film this past holiday, almost all on flash
> indoors. When in landscape orientation, bounce on the T32 worked admirably
> well for soft lighting, but for closer images where the camera was in
> portrait format, the flash cast a horrible drop shadow to the right of
> subject. One of the advantages of flash/lens seperation is reduced chance
> for redeye, which I had none of, but all that distance made for some
> pictures that were just weird from the shadow.
>
> Any ideas how to reduce this? It was apparent only when one person waist
> up filled the frame (portrait orientation). If I backed off, the shadow
> was not noticeable. Would it work to bounce the flash /down/ (that is, to
> the right in port. form.), and have a card under it to reflect some light
> to the left and forward? I rarely do flash photos, so can't really say
> I have experience or knowledge of this stuff.
(Time for an umbrella setup..!)
Otherwise, I have found the most natural is to have a flash on the
bracket and directly above the lens whatever the camera orientation is.
For the purpose I had bought a Metz 40 flash and it's matched power
grip. It allows me to mount the flash on either side of the camera plus
sliding it up and down. An original Olympus bracket + T32 might be just
as good if more difficult to find.
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Regards,
Emil Pozar
epozar@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.mypage.at/emilpozar
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