Thank you Flash Princes
There's no way I can "plan" a shot at Xmas, the whole house will look like a
pokemon den and I'll have to adapt instantly.
Nertheless, I'll try to get a flash before the season is out (sold mine years
ago when high ISO became available …)
But this very room is a real pain in the photog's … fundamentals.
I'll report when done, but must experiment before they turn up :-)
Thanks again, and again gentlemen.
Happy holiday season
Amities
Philippe
Le 14 déc. 2016 à 07:34, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> On 12/13/2016 3:03 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> Gee Philippe,
>> I understand the issue but don't like the elimination of the choices. I
>> like to use Dr. Flash's lesson and use bounced flash with ambient fill while
>> dragging the shutter with cam on a 'pod. That has always worked very well
>> keeping ambient about a stop down. The WB is good with proper skin-tones
>> and doesn't look too "flashy" and provide some nice catchlights.
>
> This is a case where digital hasn't managed to be as good as film. Back when
> I was regularly shooting family gatherings, it would be OM-2n (or OM-4x) with
> T-32. Try one direct and one bounced (or as many as needed to hope everyone
> has their eyes open.)
>
> And that's all; the OTF-TTL would take care of all the above.
>
>> Dr. Flash also taught me that distance is your friend with the square of
>> distance rule to achieve more even illumination and less WA distortion/size
>> differences. The flash becomes a point source though with harsher shadows
>> but the ambient fill usually takes care of it. I have even used two HUGE
>> flashbulbs which overwhelmed all ambient. The radio-triggers due not work
>> well with my FB brackets (caps might be old) and I had cords running around.
>> All guests were transiently blinded but NO problem with mixed lighting or
>> WB issues. (had to stop down so much Dr. Diffraction might have been
>> irritated) I think the guests enjoyed the novelty but perhaps no one as
>> much as I did or so Marnie claims. You could also shoot a target to
>> ameliorate the WB issue with mixed sources but why make it difficult?
>> Dr. No Flash might have a differing opinion.
>
> Only on the details. You like it complex, and technically more correct,
> perhaps. I like it simple. I'd put a nice flash with wide coverage enough on
> the camera, set it mostly bounce, take some test shots with a volunteer for
> amount of bounce and exposure before hand, and fire away until everyone looks
> good, or they revolt, when the time comes.
>
> The lighting situation is pretty impossible. I can make it look pretty
> decent, at least for someone who doesn't know the room colors and the skin
> tones of the people. But that's a couple of hours work by someone with
> pretty decent PS skills.
>
> Flash is the solution here.
>
> Forced Flash Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?
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