Photo reflector card11/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Here is my stepdaughter, with direct flash, exposure locked on her face. Next time, with bounce, I'll add a stop just to see what happens. With direct flash, this worked fine, with bounced flash, I got dark pictures. Perhaps the ETTL preflash metered on something incorrectly and it messed up the exposure? Anybody have an idea how ETTL meters when you bounce the flash? What would the camera have metered on in this scene? I locked exposure on one of their faces. Even at ISO 100 the 550EX should have had enough power for bounce in this situation. ![]() My curiousity is why the flash didn't provide enough light that close to the subject. Obviously, the bounced photos are too dark, so more light is needed. However, the next time I bounce flash, I will add a stop of exposure. For the most part, I have found that when I set the exposure compensation up with direct flash I get blown out highlights. The way I understand Canon's flash system, the camera ALWAYS uses Evaluative metering with flash, regardless of what metering mode is selected on the camera. I had the camera set to partial metering, and used direct flash. It works for groups and individuals as well.Īctually I usually stick 4 or 5 cards under the rubber band because it's a really hand place to keep a few for the times somebody says "Got a card?" After awhile you get to know how far out to pull the card for various distances, but it really isn't all that critical. When the flash is tilted up I pull out the business card part way, bend it forward slightly, and it reflects enough light straight forward to fill the shadows. The way I usually do it (although I have an Omni Bounce) is to put a rubber band around the flash head (Vivitar 283) and stick a business card under it. One is to use a Sto-fen Omni Bounce which is a white plastic 3 dimensional diffuser that is made in various models to fit a variety of flash units. If your camera has TTL flash metering you can use a non tilting flash by using a synch cord and hand holding the flash. There are two ways to do that, assuming that you have a tilt head flash. You need to get a bit of frontal "fill" light into that group. 1/60, f/4 to ensure DOF with the whole group. The exposure is pretty good, and there aren't any obnoxious shadows. Here's one I shot with the 16-35 2.8L, at 16mm, with the 10D at ISO 100 and direct flash. Of course what I want is correct exposure! :) You're right about better to underexpose than over expose. I hated it with film because I never knew what I was going to get until I got the film developed. In any event, flash photography with my digital camera at least gives me results to look at right away. I did a manual adjustment because the autolevels looked a little too contrasty to me, so I tweaked it to my taste. Marc's adjustment looks very similar to the results I got with an autolevels adjustment in PS 6. Direct flash, with both lenses was fine, but I was careful to lock the flash exposure on one of their faces. The ones with the 16-35 were considerably better. The ones I shot with the 28-70, with bounce flash, were very dark. Will post the original and then the salvaged picture. The histogram was normal looking andĮvenly distributed, but went flat 2/3 of the way across the graph. The photo isn't really underexposed so muchĪs devoid of any highlights. With a 550EX, from close in, I would have thought I would have Obviously, shooting at a higher ISO is one way to do it, but Power to light this scene without having to salvage it in photo What sort of technique or flash setting would provide enough flash I improved it considerably using levels in PS 6, but wonder Manual mode, 1/60, f/4 because I didn't want the camera to default I shot the attached photo with a 10D (ISO 100), a 16-35 2.8LĪnd 550EX bounced straight up on an eight foot ceiling. I have a question about lighting small groups with bounceįlash. The other day, I shot some for my stepdaughter, before she went to Most of theseĪre for friends and family, but I have shot events for pay. I shoot a lot of social events, rather than weddings. ![]()
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