(posted 8571 days ago)I guess I'll have to go against the trend. I don't think flash sucks. I think deep shadows from the flash sucks. I think loosing the atmosphere of the session sucks.
Christel's images are a good illustration. In the first there is lots of detail, in the second there is lots of atmosphere.
But don't you think there is too little detail in the second image?
I like flash, but you need to do two things:
- Get it as far away from the centre of the camera as possible. You can get nice brackets that hold your flash to one side. They work. Stroboframe does a good series.
- Get the power down! This is really important. Try to set your flash for two stops underexposure. This is enough to give catchlights and to bring a little detail and colour back into the image. Experiment a lot.
No, I don't have any scanned images to show you. Unlike Christel, I need more effort to get digital copies :-(