Messing with my Dogs

[pl1ght]

Wife got me a speedlite 430EX for christmas so i have been messing around with my pets trying to practice. I never have done any flash photography before and it definitely is as tricky as they say.

http://www.gnomefoo.com/main/photos/normal/buddha2007.jpg


http://www.gnomefoo.com/main/photos/normal/karmabw2.jpg


http://www.gnomefoo.com/main/photos/normal/IMG_6608.jpg

[Tungsten]

Maybe bounce the flash a little more off of an adjoining wall and/or the ceiling and put a diffuser over the flash head. That might help take some of the reflection out of the dog's eyes and pull away some of the shadows in that last shot.

[Bob-E]

nice shots dave

[Ghostrider]

What Tungsten said. When I was shooting film (I know, before there was electricity...) I used a silk hankie to cover my flash, more layers = less flash and a more diffused flash effect. Crude, but effective.

I think the middle one is the best (to my taste). Would suggest that next time you might try cranking your f more open (lower number) and "fuzz" the background so that the subject is the best focused. BTW, that shot is a perfect example of the "rule of thirds".

You have done well, grasshopper... :) :up:

[pl1ght]

Maybe bounce the flash a little more off of an adjoining wall and/or the ceiling and put a diffuser over the flash head. That might help take some of the reflection out of the dog's eyes and pull away some of the shadows in that last shot.

I actually had a diffuser on that time and bounced the light off the wall to my right, but still couldnt quite get it to where i wanted it. But it was the best of the 20 shots i took from there trying diff angles. So I still need to experiment much more.

[MikeW]

I like the WTF look in pic #3 :lol:


Good work

[Jason]

Damn, you need a different camera. That one makes your dogs look uuuugly. ;)