Shooting again...by surprise...

[schuylercat]

Sorry Corinna - new-guy-itis.

Hey Will: A lot of folks offered that very advice. My nephew just got married, and the guy that shot it had a 30D and a pair of 580EX’s (hand-held by people who just happened to be standing there!) with a remote on the camera shoe. I thought it would all be crap…but good LORD did he do a good job. He’s my guy – I emailed him, and he’ll let me be assistant on a wedding or two for him. Perfect experience for me.

I share your question about on-camera lighting. I shot head shots for race team brochures, and used a stroboframe and a shoe extension on my 1N. I opened the frame so the flash was upside down on camera right, and placed a reflector near the subjects on the left. Bracketed 3 shots.

Ew. WAY better than having the flash atop the camera, but….ew. Flat. 2 dimensional. Good enough to sell: at least they were in focus.

Did it a while later, and THIS time I popped a diffuser on the head. Results were better than expected. The lighting wasn’t forced-looking, more natural, and not too contrasty – good for the brochures.

So I share your question with the fray: what about using brackets? Anyone have examples of portraiture or wedding shots with a camera-mounted flash?

 

[Mike_E]

Hi 'Cat, umm, if you don't get the loan, you can still shoot in film and have the negs scanned when developed. This way you can still do the digital darkroom for practice.

The reason I bring this up is that you already have one body for a backup and film cameras are going for a song. You should easily be able to get a serviceable film body to go along with your current rig and transition to digital as you go along.

Try a roll or two of this.. http://www.fujifilm.com/products/professional_films/pro_400h.html

It has what Fuji calls 4th color layer technology which means you can shoot it in almost any light and whites turn out white. Really fine grain and skin tones are very good too.

Anyway, just a thought.

mike

 

[WDodd]

Sorry Corinna - new-guy-itis.

Hey Will: A lot of folks offered that very advice. My nephew just got married, and the guy that shot it had a 30D and a pair of 580EX’s (hand-held by people who just happened to be standing there!) with a remote on the camera shoe. I thought it would all be crap…but good LORD did he do a good job. He’s my guy – I emailed him, and he’ll let me be assistant on a wedding or two for him. Perfect experience for me.

I share your question about on-camera lighting. I shot head shots for race team brochures, and used a stroboframe and a shoe extension on my 1N. I opened the frame so the flash was upside down on camera right, and placed a reflector near the subjects on the left. Bracketed 3 shots.

Ew. WAY better than having the flash atop the camera, but….ew. Flat. 2 dimensional. Good enough to sell: at least they were in focus.

Did it a while later, and THIS time I popped a diffuser on the head. Results were better than expected. The lighting wasn’t forced-looking, more natural, and not too contrasty – good for the brochures.

So I share your question with the fray: what about using brackets? Anyone have examples of portraiture or wedding shots with a camera-mounted flash?

http://www.aljacobs.com/ <--- flash bracket information along with a wedding book that is a pretty entertaining read along with a lot of good information.
http://www.mrwild.co.nz/WeddingFAQ/Wedding-FAQ-Pt1-beta.htm Wedding FAQ that has some links to some great books one of which I am reading now.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2925618 Wedding work flow.

Lots of good reading here and I have really been enjoying it.