Comments on: 12 – flash brackets http://neilvn.com/tangents photography by Neil van Niekerk Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:03:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tony Sale http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/flash-brackets/#comment-38641 Tony Sale Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:42:47 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/11-flash-brackets/#comment-38641 Using flash whilst holding the camera in vertical position can be a nightmare equally using a bracket can be a pain. Sometimes I find it easier to keep the camera in a horizontal / landscape position and then just crop for the vertical / portrait picture. Providing you dont need to big an enlargement this works fine. Using flash whilst holding the camera in vertical position can be a nightmare equally using a bracket can be a pain. Sometimes I find it easier to keep the camera in a horizontal / landscape position and then just crop for the vertical / portrait picture. Providing you dont need to big an enlargement this works fine.

]]> By: Neil vN http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/flash-brackets/#comment-5740 Neil vN Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:41:47 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/11-flash-brackets/#comment-5740 <blockquote>Zenon, indeed, I bounced the flash into the open reception room behind me. Exactly like that. No bracket. Neil vN</blockquote>

Zenon, indeed, I bounced the flash into the open reception room behind me. Exactly like that. No bracket.

Neil vN

]]> By: Zenon Char http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/flash-brackets/#comment-5302 Zenon Char Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:17:05 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/11-flash-brackets/#comment-5302 Just wanted to say this is a great site. I purchased a flash bracket before I read your book and I find it cumbersome to use. I have a few weddings coming up and I am trying to make some decisions. I am a supporter of bouncing but I think it is an acquired skill. I have all the technical information however just lacking experience. I don't know how you always manage to find something to bounce off so effectively. Horizontal bounce I'm comfortable with but vertical I'm struggling with. Tutorial 12 there is a couple dancing (1st image) and you took a vertical shot. Did you bounce that or did the high ISO and direct flash combo make this work for you? I know you try to avoid direct flash at all costs so I expect you bounced it. Where did you bounce it? I keep forgetting that higher ISO can be a saving grace as you stated here. Perhaps I should work with that and be less concerned about brackets, etc. Just wanted to say this is a great site.

I purchased a flash bracket before I read your book and I find it cumbersome to use.
I have a few weddings coming up and I am trying to make some decisions. I am a supporter of bouncing but I think it is an acquired skill. I have all the technical information however just lacking experience. I don’t know how you always manage to find something to bounce off so effectively.

Horizontal bounce I’m comfortable with but vertical I’m struggling with. Tutorial 12 there is a couple dancing (1st image) and you took a vertical shot. Did you bounce that or did the high ISO and direct flash combo make this work for you? I know you try to avoid direct flash at all costs so I expect you bounced it. Where did you bounce it? I keep forgetting that higher ISO can be a saving grace as you stated here. Perhaps I should work with that and be less concerned about brackets, etc.

]]> By: Neil vN - tangents » pimp my camera rig … http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/flash-brackets/#comment-457 Neil vN - tangents » pimp my camera rig … Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:54:15 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/11-flash-brackets/#comment-457 [...] bracket is a Custom Brackets bracket that I modified by lopping the extraneous bits off. Some of it with an angle-grinder. (Actually, I [...] [...] bracket is a Custom Brackets bracket that I modified by lopping the extraneous bits off. Some of it with an angle-grinder. (Actually, I [...]

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