I'm going to be shooting a protest tomorrow in broad daylight. Easy ISO 100 material. I don't have a flash bracket yet. Should I attach my flash and leave it on ETTL so it can do it's fill-flash, or should I go without it?
SunnyOctopus Senior Member 455 posts Joined Oct 2010 More info | Mar 18, 2011 21:19 | #1 I'm going to be shooting a protest tomorrow in broad daylight. Easy ISO 100 material. I don't have a flash bracket yet. Should I attach my flash and leave it on ETTL so it can do it's fill-flash, or should I go without it?
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S.E.V. /Include subdirectories, empty directories, and verify.  3,866 posts Likes: 8 Joined Mar 2007 Location: Agoura Hills, CA More info | Mar 18, 2011 21:27 | #2 Even in broad daylight you will always find yourself needing flash, even when I go out birding during they day, there are those moments when the damn bird lands in the shade or deep in the tree. Take it just in case, that way you won't hate yourself for leaving it at home. ShotsInTime
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anlenke Senior Member  575 posts Joined Mar 2011 More info | I'd say bring it, leave it on camera, and you can always feather it if you need to, but it's helpful to have as fill. I've been shooting the demonstrations in Madison, Wisconsin for the past month, and have routinely used flash (mostly without a bracket). Hi. I'm Anton.
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RPCrowe Cream of the Crop  More info | IMO - flash is always a good bet but, I personally don't think that a bracket is as necessary when using flash as a fill light as it would be indoors. See my images at http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/
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S.E.V. /Include subdirectories, empty directories, and verify. 3,866 posts Likes: 8 Joined Mar 2007 Location: Agoura Hills, CA More info | Mar 19, 2011 11:35 | #5 RPCrowe wrote in post #12048138  I personally don't think that a bracket is as necessary when using flash as a fill light as it would be indoors. True if you are only shooting horizontally. Having the flash mounted to the top of the camera and shooting vertically the light will hit the subject more to one side then the other, what I have seen with the CB Mini-RC is that the light will hit the subject more evenly across the scene giving you a evenly lit scene. ShotsInTime
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smorter Goldmember  4,506 posts Likes: 19 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia More info | Mar 19, 2011 11:42 | #6 I never use fill flash, I hate it. When outdoors, I either go ambient light, or off camera flash Wedding Photography Melbourne
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apersson850 Obviously it's a good thing  More info | Fill flash done by someone who knows the trade is hardly visible, but the picture would come out worse without it. Anders
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bobbyz Cream of the Crop 20,506 posts Likes: 3479 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA More info | Mar 19, 2011 13:08 | #8 apersson850 wrote in post #12050146 Fill flash done by someone who knows the trade is hardly visible, but the picture would come out worse without it. Agree. Fuji XT-1, 18-55mm
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Staszek Goldmember  3,606 posts Likes: 4 Joined Mar 2010 Location: San Jose, CA More info | Mar 19, 2011 13:29 | #9 You will know if you need fill flash when you start shooting and find your surroundings and sky softbox. SOSKIphoto
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