Ok you guys got me. My initial intentions to shoot with natural light has taken a bit of a turn. With all the posts and talk about DIY flash diffuser, I thought I would give it a try. It's been raining this weekend, so I tried out my new set up indoors with this daddy long legs.
canon 20D, tamron 90mm f2.8 di, canon 580exii speedlite, diy flash diffuser
Preston wrote:
Well done Hung. I tried using a flash today and even with a home made diffuser it still blew out all the colours. You've done much better than me.
cheers
preston
thanks preston. flash photography is all new to me too. alot of trial and error.
Care to show us a picture of you diffuser? and how was you flash set?
I am asking as I am fighting with mine
thanks john,
actually i guess what i used was more of a bounce card than a flash diffuser. i can't take any credit for the design. i wanted to try something simple just to get a better feel for how the flash works with the camera. i just used a piece of paper taped to the flash. someone posted a link to a site that showed how to make one. here it is.
i set my flash to ETTL. i found that i had to shoot my camera in manual mode. when i tried to shoot Av, i was getting way to slow of a shutter speed. i was set to f8-11, tv= 1/125, iso=200. i would manually focus. if the pic was too dark or too bright, i would adjust the flash FEV +2/3 etc.
this is all quite new to me, so i am still trying to figure things out.
