Outdoor flash

[ust82gopher]

Thanks to all the helpful comments from Robert, Curtis and Walt, I am really starting to get the handle on this flash thing.

From Saturday night:

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m184/ust82gopher/ba80fd20.jpg

Would never have been able to get this type of shot last year. Plus, I did this on the fly in like 1 minute. The knowledge I have gained here at POTN is invaluable.

Tim

PS - Excuse the lousy PS out of my son's braces. Still learning that!

[Dermit]

That's pretty good. Glad you are getting the hang of outdoor flash. It looks like you had the flash on a bracket as well? i like how the background ambient light is balanced with the flash so it isn't just drowned out.

The next things to try is to make the light off-axis. Not always easy with one light, but experiment with it. Bounce where/when you can. Not always possible, but can be done more often than most people realize. Sometimes you just have to be resourceful. But you are off to a good start here!

It looks like the image would benefit with a little more contrast, a bump in the highs.

[ust82gopher]

Ron,

You are correct - I purchased a CB Junior Bracket last year and having the flash off camera really makes a big difference. Just the bracket alone probably reduced my indoor flash shadows by 50%.

Thanks for the metering compliment. That has been my biggest challenge - getting the background metering correct so that the flash does not over power the background.

And thanks for the PS suggestion.

Tim