March 16, 2008

My niece Rebecca patiently humoured me as I desperately tried to remember everything I supposedly learned during our flash workshop. The advice was simple - if backlit, underexpose the ambient by 2 or 3 stops; if top or side lit, use -2 or -3 flash compensation. How come when the camera is in hand, everything leaves the brain?! This was the best of the bunch. I hate the catchlights - screams of flash, but not sure what else I could have done as the walls were too far away and the rim of the hat would have blocked bounce from the ceiling. Practice, practice, practice...

March 16, 2008

My niece Rebecca patiently humoured me as I desperately tried to remember everything I supposedly learned during our flash workshop. The advice was simple - if backlit, underexpose the ambient by 2 or 3 stops; if top or side lit, use -2 or -3 flash compensation. How come when the camera is in hand, everything leaves the brain?! This was the best of the bunch. I hate the catchlights - screams of flash, but not sure what else I could have done as the walls were too far away and the rim of the hat would have blocked bounce from the ceiling. Practice, practice, practice...