Pagee GoGo played a rousing set of pagode music to a capacity crowd at the King Club. Follow the link above (the title of this post) to see all the photos.
I had intended to experiment with the bounce flash. However, the walls and ceiling of the (dumpy) King Club are painted jet black, so there wasn't any bounce to be had. I ended up using direct flash which I often find too harsh. Any tips on moderating my flash to get softer images? Here's one image I liked:
Lots of dancers shaking it to that sizzlin' samba beat. Here's a couple of Brazilian regulars:
And a shot of my sweetie. This is one of those where I feel like the flash effect is too harsh.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Pagee GoGo at the King Club
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ReplyDeleteHey Nataraj, have you tried using a flash card? Its a nice way to get a softer flash out of these modern monster external flash units. You just rubber band a playing card to the top of the flash, face of the card towards the subject. Like this
ReplyDeletehttp://www.diyphotography.net/flash_photography_ace_of_bounce
My old Nikon Flash even had one built in, very handy. Sadly my newer Cannon lacks this feature, grrr. I usually tilt the flash just a little bit towards the subject, so there is a tiny bit of direct and mostly just the indirect bounce off the card.
Good luck!
Jeff Lapierre (From yesteryear!)
You're right, the direct flash does produce harsh light. I use a slightly more high tech version of the playing card - it's a bounce panel that velcro's on to your flash head: midibouncer
ReplyDeleteIt was fairly inexpensive - maybe $20.00.
I also use a small plastic diffuser cap that slides onto the flash head - mine came with the flash, i'm sure you could find some aftermarket ones.
Did you try bouncing off the ceiling / walls anyway? I've gotten some interesting effects with that - if the surface has some reflectivity to it you still get fill light - and better black than green or blue.
Thanks guys! I followed the link in Jeff's post, and watched the video posted there. The idea to use the foamy stuff to make a bounce card was great, AND I just happened to have some on hand. So, I'll be trying it out this weekend and see if I like the results.
ReplyDeleteJeff, long time no talk, my friend. Thanks for the note.