Comments on: Camera stuff http://69105.net/2008/05/02/camera-stuff/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ron Pemberton http://69105.net/2008/05/02/camera-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Ron Pemberton Wed, 07 May 2008 15:11:04 +0000 http://69105.net/?p=62#comment-335 An old-school trick is to take a small piece of toilet tissue and tape it over a built in flash. This diffuses the light output and increases quality dramatically. Non-diffused flash is harsh and doesn't wrap around subject matter. It also causes color inaccuracies. So a little tissue or even cookie paper will help. Try it and see how much better colors, skin tones, and details come out. It alone can increase the quality of your default flash photographs. PS- photography has been my Zen-thing since I was 12 yrs old. My Grandmother was a portrait photographer for fifty years. An old-school trick is to take a small piece of toilet tissue and tape it over a built in flash.

This diffuses the light output and increases quality dramatically.

Non-diffused flash is harsh and doesn’t wrap around subject matter. It also causes color inaccuracies. So a little tissue or even cookie paper will help.

Try it and see how much better colors, skin tones, and details come out. It alone can increase the quality of your default flash photographs.

PS- photography has been my Zen-thing since I was 12 yrs old. My Grandmother was a portrait photographer for fifty years.

]]> By: Terry http://69105.net/2008/05/02/camera-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Terry Sat, 03 May 2008 18:36:27 +0000 http://69105.net/?p=62#comment-319 Get yourself a large (A4 or A3) piece of white card. When the flash goes off on the camera, think of it goig forward and then with the help of the white card, bounce it to the area of the object you want to light up. Oh, R said I could have a pod :-) It's sitting on the table in front of me!! Get yourself a large (A4 or A3) piece of white card.

When the flash goes off on the camera, think of it goig forward and then with the help of the white card, bounce it to the area of the object you want to light up.

Oh, R said I could have a pod :-) It’s sitting on the table in front of me!!

]]> By: Mark http://69105.net/2008/05/02/camera-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Mark Sat, 03 May 2008 09:27:56 +0000 http://69105.net/?p=62#comment-318 Gabriel - right now I know just about nothing about when / how to use a flash properly and how it can be used in daylight too. So I'd rather reach the limitations of the default flash and know another would improve things first. I know it will help, I just need to play and learn first. Gabriel - right now I know just about nothing about when / how to use a flash properly and how it can be used in daylight too. So I’d rather reach the limitations of the default flash and know another would improve things first.

I know it will help, I just need to play and learn first.

]]> By: Gabriel... http://69105.net/2008/05/02/camera-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Gabriel... Sat, 03 May 2008 04:29:50 +0000 http://69105.net/?p=62#comment-317 They make wee ones as well... I've always found it handy to have a little tripod hanging around my SLR, it works great with my hand-sized digital. What about the flash? That little pop-up one on the camera is crap for bouncing flash off a ceiling to give some fill behind a subject, or really pretty much anything other than making people's colour wash away... trust me, the proper flash gives you options the pop-up never will. They make wee ones as well… I’ve always found it handy to have a little tripod hanging around my SLR, it works great with my hand-sized digital.

What about the flash? That little pop-up one on the camera is crap for bouncing flash off a ceiling to give some fill behind a subject, or really pretty much anything other than making people’s colour wash away… trust me, the proper flash gives you options the pop-up never will.

]]> By: Terry http://69105.net/2008/05/02/camera-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Terry Fri, 02 May 2008 19:09:11 +0000 http://69105.net/?p=62#comment-316 Looks liek good sturdy stuff, thinking of visiting the shops at the weekend (if R lets me...) Thank you again for the stuff!!! Looks liek good sturdy stuff, thinking of visiting the shops at the weekend (if R lets me…)

Thank you again for the stuff!!!

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