Bend The Light
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Hi,
I am having another go at OCF. I have 2 off camera flash guns, both old, and will not work in sync with the camera. I have optical trigger devices on each, and the on-camera flash triggers them. I have fashioned a "deflector" for the built-in flash, so the light does not go forward, but rather, out to where the two off-camera flashes are. I have the camera set to "second shutter" and 1/200 speed (it's either that, or auto) and I shot at 1/100th sec.
But i have problems...
1. In this one, the set-up is as I said above...but one flash doesn't seem to be powerful enough, so I get the shadow behind - do you think it's the position, or somthing else?
2. In this one, I turned off the main flash (camera left) and had on-camera flash and smaller OCF just below and right of the subject. This looks better to me, but I expected it to be worse using the built-in flash head on!
Anyone explain where I went wrong (as I surely did!)
I am having another go at OCF. I have 2 off camera flash guns, both old, and will not work in sync with the camera. I have optical trigger devices on each, and the on-camera flash triggers them. I have fashioned a "deflector" for the built-in flash, so the light does not go forward, but rather, out to where the two off-camera flashes are. I have the camera set to "second shutter" and 1/200 speed (it's either that, or auto) and I shot at 1/100th sec.
But i have problems...
1. In this one, the set-up is as I said above...but one flash doesn't seem to be powerful enough, so I get the shadow behind - do you think it's the position, or somthing else?
2. In this one, I turned off the main flash (camera left) and had on-camera flash and smaller OCF just below and right of the subject. This looks better to me, but I expected it to be worse using the built-in flash head on!
Anyone explain where I went wrong (as I surely did!)