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The last wedding of the year just behind me, I want to use one of my favorite images to touch again on the recent topic of\u00a0high-ISO bounce flash with on-camera speedlight<\/a>. I want to show that the results\u00a0aren’t a fluke – but that with a consistent approach to bounce flash photography<\/a>, you can get consistent results. However, since we shoot under various\u00a0scenario changes, we have to adapt a bit.<\/p>\n The venue was this hotel reception room with massively high ceilings … but with the walls closer by. Easy enough to bounce on-camera flash off. The one challenge here were the huge mirrors along the walls. This caused unpredictable reflections. It also flattened the light too much when shooting towards the shorter width of the room. So I ended up shooting as much as I could towards the longer end of the reception room.<\/p>\n Yes, the photo above was lit with a single on-camera bounce flash, shooting at a high ISO.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This photo above with no flash, shows the ambient light levels at those settings. There’s just no chance to pull something coherent out of that with any consistency. It would need additional lighting of some kind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This book is explains a cohesive and thorough approach to getting the best from your on-camera speedlight.<\/p>\n Particular care was taken to present it all with a logical flow that will help any photographer attain a better understanding of flash photography.<\/p>\n You can either purchase a copy via\u00a0Amazon USA<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Amazon UK<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0or can be ordered through Barnes & Nobles and other bookstores. The book\u00a0is also available on the Apple iBook Store, as well as Amazon Kindle.\nAlso check out the Amazon Kindle store.<\/p>\n Learn more about\u00a0how\u00a0the cover image<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was shot.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <\/p>\n Here’s an example of where I had to follow the movements of the crowd, and had to keep shooting fast – and the flash hit one of the large mirrors. With fast activity, there’s no\u00a0time to stop and re-check settings and direction of the bounce flash with each photo. You have to keep shooting, and when there is an image which might work, but has parts over-exposed or at a different white balance. Then you have to rely on the\u00a0latitude of the RAW file<\/a>. Using the\u00a0Local Adjustments brush in Lightroom \/ ACR<\/a>, you can paint back certain sections of the image to a different exposure or white balance. (Or Contrast or any of the other adjustments.)<\/p>\n This is the screen capture of what the image looked like at default settings in ACR \/ Lightroom.<\/p>\n The areas covered by the Local Adjustment brush.<\/p>\n On the left, the overall adjustments for the entire image. Note that the mirror really affected the overall exposure, and I had to bring that down first. On the right, the settings for the Local Adjustment brush. Note that the white balance was adjusted. and the exposure brought down even more for that middle section.<\/p>\n The rescued image. It can still be finessed further, but this is a solid start to take this image to the proofing stage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An essential part of my gear in using flash like this, is a battery pack. It ensures that the flash recycles fast enough that the following exposure will be good too. Meaning, I don’t have to wait those extra few seconds between frames. In that way, the battery pack actually helps with getting to correct flash exposure. 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