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17-55mm DX at a local fashion show.

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Your pics are nice. :)

It's just the harsh shadows that bother me; my pet peeve is flash photography and one of my passions is to make flash shots look like flash wasn't even used. I've resorted to shooting my SB-800 straight up with the diffuser on (this, of course, kills the flash power unfortunately) and pumping up the ISO a bit. Post-processing helps too.

:)
Duc said:
andykang said:
Duc said:
I used a D1x and SB800 flash:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287258743&code=9035142&mode=invite&cmp=EMC-IS_other&creative=album_invite

Duc
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I don't understand what the problem with everyone is getting well exposed&flashed images, it is so simple:
the trick to good images with flash, indoors is:
  • large aperture
  • slow shutterspeed (1/15-1/30s)
this way, you'll get a lot of ambient light in the image (adding to the atmosphere) while the movement is "frozen" by the flash.

nice images, but could be a lot better..
 
I shoot mainly people; ie. weddings, events, etc. While flash photography has come a long way (especially with the new Sb 800 - iTTl flash) it STILL needs to be controlled in such a way that the pic doesn't look like flash was used - that's how I want my flash pics to be.

I'm happy that you're satisfied with your flash shots but it's not as easy as you say it is; especially with people shots.

:)
Marco Frissen said:
I don't understand what the problem with everyone is getting well
exposed&flashed images, it is so simple:
the trick to good images with flash, indoors is:
  • large aperture
  • slow shutterspeed (1/15-1/30s)
this way, you'll get a lot of ambient light in the image (adding to
the atmosphere) while the movement is "frozen" by the flash.

nice images, but could be a lot better..
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looks like you (and I) want it.. a little light, but the flash should not be the main light.
of course it's not as simple as 1,2,3 but the basics are simple enough.
(my comment was btw on the original authors images, not on your comment :-))
 
Very Nice! Yes, that's the kind of shot I liike.
:)
Marco Frissen said:


looks like you (and I) want it.. a little light, but the flash
should not be the main light.
of course it's not as simple as 1,2,3 but the basics are simple
enough.
(my comment was btw on the original authors images, not on your
comment :-))
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Thanks very much. I just got the sb800, and for the white dressess I reduced the exposure of the flash by -1 which prevented blowing out of the details on the white dressess. Some of the earlier pics I had a lot of blown out highlights.
 
Could the shadows have been avoided with a flash bracket that keeps the flash upright when you switch the camera to a vertical orientation? I'm a newbie who finds it extremely difficult to take a vertical flash picture.

David
Joon Lee said:
It's just the harsh shadows that bother me; my pet peeve is flash
photography and one of my passions is to make flash shots look like
flash wasn't even used. I've resorted to shooting my SB-800
straight up with the diffuser on (this, of course, kills the flash
power unfortunately) and pumping up the ISO a bit. Post-processing
helps too.

:)
Duc said:
andykang said:
Duc said:
I used a D1x and SB800 flash:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287258743&code=9035142&mode=invite&cmp=EMC-IS_other&creative=album_invite

Duc
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David
 
I would try doing what one of the posters above said...

Diffused flash
High ISO
wide aperture
slower shutter speed (but fast enough to prevent ghosting)
...equals

natural looking flash shots. For a fashion show setting, I would want to see the atmosphere. Either that, or try to get the background as dark as possible.
Duc said:
Thanks very much. I just got the sb800, and for the white dressess
I reduced the exposure of the flash by -1 which prevented blowing
out of the details on the white dressess. Some of the earlier pics
I had a lot of blown out highlights.
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on the User Agreement for using Imagestation :

quote:
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chien
http://www.pbase.com/tsechien
Duc said:
I used a D1x and SB800 flash:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287258743&code=9035142&mode=invite&cmp=EMC-IS_other&creative=album_invite

Duc
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Yes I realize that. So i uploaded small sized files and I have my copyright logo embeded in the bottom of each picture. Besides too much shadow and background light anyway :)

For the next fashion shoot I'll try to use the advice given here with the flash. I just got the D2h and I think it will allow faster shooting then the D1x where I didn't have a large enough buffer (haven't upgraded the camera buffer/firmware yet). Any flash advice is aprieciated.

Duc
Choo Tse Chien said:
quote:
6. License Grant and Intellectual Property Rights
In consideration for the Service, and the potential benefits
related thereto, you grant ImageStation, its successors, licensees
and assigns, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty free
license to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, publish, publicly
perform, and publicly display your Member Content, by all means now
known, or later created, including but not limited to display on
the Internet, and in all forms of media, now known or later created.
unquote:

chien
http://www.pbase.com/tsechien
Duc said:
I used a D1x and SB800 flash:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287258743&code=9035142&mode=invite&cmp=EMC-IS_other&creative=album_invite

Duc
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Marco,

For a shot like this do you set the WB for flash or incandescent (or something in between)?

Jim Kaye
Marco Frissen said:


looks like you (and I) want it.. a little light, but the flash
should not be the main light.
of course it's not as simple as 1,2,3 but the basics are simple
enough.
(my comment was btw on the original authors images, not on your
comment :-))
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Jim, in this shot, I've set the white balance to "Auto"

Marco
Jim Kaye said:
For a shot like this do you set the WB for flash or incandescent
(or something in between)?

Jim Kaye
Marco Frissen said:


looks like you (and I) want it.. a little light, but the flash
should not be the main light.
of course it's not as simple as 1,2,3 but the basics are simple
enough.
(my comment was btw on the original authors images, not on your
comment :-))
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http://marcof.net -- MarcoF photography
 
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