{"id":138,"date":"2008-07-11T03:03:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T08:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetneil.com\/tangents\/?p=176"},"modified":"2020-06-13T18:22:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T22:22:30","slug":"bouncing-flash-inside-large-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/bouncing-flash-inside-large-venues\/","title":{"rendered":"bouncing flash inside large venues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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bouncing flash inside large venues – adding TTL flash to ambient light<\/h1>\n

One of the ideas that has been\u00a0mentioned here\u00a0previously, is\u00a0when using\u00a0on-camera flash indoors, to approach it with a studio mind-set where possible.\u00a0\u00a0Instead of bouncing flash upwards towards the ceiling, or even simply behind you, the idea is to think “where would I have placed my softbox if this were a studio?”<\/p>\n

Then it is simply a matter of pointing\u00a0the on-camera flash in that direction, and flagging any spill light from the flashgun.\u00a0\u00a0I most often use a piece of black foam to flag<\/a> my on-camera speedlight.<\/p>\n


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The image at the top is from the bride & groom’s portrait session in a museum. \u00a0And this is what the ambient light<\/strong> looked at those settings:
\n(which were 1\/125 @ f3.5 @ 1000 ISO for all three these images)<\/p>\n

The difference is due to bouncing on-camera flash to my right and 45′ upwards into this area:
\n(and I used that black foam\u00a0half-snoot to flag the spill from the flash.)<\/p>\n

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A little bit of flash will go a long way at the right aperture and ISO combination.<\/p>\n

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