08-27-2010, 02:07 PM
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Quick tips on external flash?
It feels like forever since I've been able to catch up on posts and the gallery! Busy end of the summer!
Anyway, I have the great honor of being the photographer for Jalen's T/Th class and I have a feeling I am going to be taking a lot of indoor shots. I've really tried to avoid using flash as much as possible lately, but with kids, inside, I think it's going to be impossible not to. So, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for a fairly inexpensive external flash (I don't know if that's even the right term...the kind you stick on your camera as opposed to the one it comes with) that I could get to try? I don't have much of a budget at all for this right now, but I'd love to get started right!  Thanks! 
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08-27-2010, 02:28 PM
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Not sure if you are shooting Nikon or Canon but for Nikon a good cheap flash is the SB-400. Nothing fancy but will get the job done and you can rotate the flash head to bounce light off the cealing or add a bounce card if you would like.
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08-27-2010, 03:00 PM
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Thanks Randy! I am shooting with Nikon so that's perfect!
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08-27-2010, 03:11 PM
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08-27-2010, 03:12 PM
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I was just reading someone's review on Amazon that said that! I'll have to learn how to use a bounce card, but I know enough to know that it's a good thing!
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08-27-2010, 03:54 PM
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I highly recommend Katrina's tutorial on flash. I have learned so much from her tutorials. :O)
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08-27-2010, 04:39 PM
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Oh thank you Kelly! I knew Katrina would have some wisdom somewhere that would help me!
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08-27-2010, 04:42 PM
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and see if that model will let you dial it down less than full strength.
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08-27-2010, 06:04 PM
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Fun! If you can't dial it down on the flash you can dial it down using flash compensation on your camera too. Have fun and let us know how it goes!
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09-01-2010, 01:03 PM
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