Gideon Hallett ([info]gmh) wrote,
@ 2009-05-04 18:44:00
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Flash!
(Aa-aa...)

So, last week, I decided to buy myself an external flash unit; I'd been half-meaning-to for ages and as it happens I have a wedding to go to next weekend, so I took advantage of the excuse to buy a shiny new toy.

The last few days have involved meeting various people in various pubs; I confess, I have taken the new toy out and waved it at people.

(Specifically including [info]clanwilliam, [info]liadnan, [info]oursin, [info]legionseagle, [info]pashazade, [info]coughingbear, [info]hano, [info]frankie_ecap, [info]rhythmaning, [info]dorcas_gustine, [info]fluffcthulhu, [info]autopope, [info]feorag, [info]major_clanger, [info]rozk and various others. I hope I wasn't irritating anyone too much.)

I now have some quite promising shots of people to work on; I'll clean them up and post them to my gallery at some point this evening (probably!).

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[info]dave_t_lurker
2009-05-04 06:15 pm UTC (link)
What did you go for? I've been meaning to get one for ages too.

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[info]dorcas_gustine
2009-05-04 06:30 pm UTC (link)
Oh yeah, I want those photos you took! I didn't look drunk and/or a homicidal maniac, so I'd like to keep them.

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[info]major_clanger
2009-05-04 07:49 pm UTC (link)
(just to note that [info]majorclanger is someone else. Ah, the curse of coming second to a username and having to insert that underscore...)

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[info]gmh
2009-05-04 08:10 pm UTC (link)
Blast, sorry; second time, too!

Now fixed.

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[info]ewx
2009-05-04 09:39 pm UTC (link)
Now you'll have to buy another one (or two...) and play with remote-control flash, of course...

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[info]desperance
2009-05-04 10:10 pm UTC (link)
Fluff looks best. But you knew that.

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[info]shezan
2009-05-05 12:08 am UTC (link)
What's an external flash unit?

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[info]gmh
2009-05-05 06:03 am UTC (link)
A flashgun that can be detached from the camera; typically with a head that swivels and elevates, so you can illuminate the subject by bouncing the light off a wall or ceiling; the Canon range are branded as Speedlites.

Generally speaking, the on-camera flash is not a kind thing to do to a subject; blasting someone full in the face with a direct flash that is a couple of centimetres from the lens often results in a whole load of nasty effects; uneven lighting of the face, a flattening of facial contours, red-eye; plus the built-in flash units tend to be pretty weedy and thus ineffective at anything more than a few metres.

If you want to take good portrait shots of people, a flash gun is therefore pretty much de rigeur; it's by no means impossible to live without one, but having one opens up a lot of additional possibilities.

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