techniques for better on-camera flash

FYI....

I recently found this set of flash "tutorials" by Neil van Niekerk. While it is a mix of Nikon and Canon, all the advice can be easily applied to Canon and Canon EX flash.

What I really like is how he is able to use flash, while still making it look as if only ambient lighting was used....with only the on camera (not built in) flash.

http://www.planetneil.​com/faq/flash-techniques.html

Also some good pointers/reminders on metering:
http://www.planetneil.​com/faq/exposure.html

John

I second that. While the EOS tutorial from photonotes.org is an excellent technical lesson, Neil does a great job with the application of the knowledge.

These look excellent, i'll read them when I get time, thanks for sharing

man this stuff takes practice to know what to do in each situation

And thanks to the power of webstats, I found this corner of the web.

I didn't prevously know of a Canon-specific forum similar to the Nikonians forums.

Anyway, thanks for the nice comments about those webpages.

Neil, that's a great set of pages you have there, very interesting and helpful, thanks