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Dec 24, 2008 11:55 |  #1

hello. i'm going to be the main photog at this years family party. albeit a casual setting with family, i want to take the best shots i can get with what i've got. just started this "sickening" hobby a few months ago.

this will be held in a ballroom with high ceilings, where a wedding reception would be held. all the lights will be on.

with all that said and with the equipment i have, what would be my best choice to shoot family pix in front of the tree? i recently got my 580ex ii and have not had much experience with it.

i will make plenty of use of the nifty fifty for candid portraits, that i know!

thanks in advance.


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Dec 25, 2008 09:52 |  #2

i recently got my 580ex ii and have not had much experience with it.

Get some? Shoot. Test. See what works & what doesn't.

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Dec 25, 2008 10:00 |  #3

Bounce off ceiling. Not only does it make the light look more natural, it annoys people less.


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