photo sharing: Your best shot from the last time you used your camera...

[choco_latae]

These were the last few that I took.

The Comfort of a mom

My Thinking hubby

 

[Michele]

Just snapped these of a little visitor outside the window by my desk

 

[handicap18]

are you talking about the halogen work lights...???

are you shooting straight on with your SB-600, bouncing it will throw some light down between subject and background helping to eliminate shadow

also brighter lights can increase the shadow, try moving your subject away from the background more, that should help soften the shadow

No they're not halogen work lights. Just the $10 clamp lights that you can put a regular light bulb in. I have a 10" one and an 8" one.

I have the camera in portrait orientation with the flash bouncing up with the diffuser on.

The shadow is coming from the flash. When standing behind the camera looking at the subject the flash is off to the left, thus the shadow on the right side of the image.

I don't have a lot of space in the room I used on this shot, but I think your right that moving the background further away will help. I was thinking about using a 75 watt bulb on the clamp light to the right of the camera. Maybe point it a little more towards the background. That might not work though. We'll see what happens next time.

 

[PhotobearSam]

Michele...What kind of camera do you shoot with? Nice shots. I love the colour saturation.

 

[Michele]

I have a Canon 40D. The first shot was with the 50mm 1.8 and the second one was with the kit 28-135 IS.

 

[MICKEY88]

No they're not halogen work lights. Just the $10 clamp lights that you can put a regular light bulb in. I have a 10" one and an 8" one.

I have the camera in portrait orientation with the flash bouncing up with the diffuser on.

The shadow is coming from the flash. When standing behind the camera looking at the subject the flash is off to the left, thus the shadow on the right side of the image.

I don't have a lot of space in the room I used on this shot, but I think your right that moving the background further away will help. I was thinking about using a 75 watt bulb on the clamp light to the right of the camera. Maybe point it a little more towards the background. That might not work though. We'll see what happens next time.

2 other things you could try to eliminate the shadow


1. remove the dome the extra light from the bounce might do the trick
2. angle the flash down a little

 

[RustManFan]

Zion National Park

 

[scottb8888]

 

[robinb]

From Tuesday out of my window at the Chicago Hilton and Towers:

 

[LoraJ]

Wow Robin. You had an amazing view!

 

[Jrsy Boy]

Looking at the properties, it appears that you are trying to post from your hard drive rather than from a photo hosting site.

 

[scoolover]

From Tuesday out of my window at the Chicago Hilton and Towers:

Wow. That is pretty awesome. I love events.

 

[DisneyHumbug]

 

[MarkBarbieri]

 

[Ilivetogo]

About a week ago ...

 

[choco_latae]

I just wanted to say that I love your photography. You do a fantastic job. I enjoyed it so much. Just wanted to tell you.

 

[boBQuincy]

 

[Suzann]

This is going to sound like the dumbest question ever...is that really a live person? It looks like a statue...it's freakin me out jussssssst a little.

Yes LOL, he was certainly real. I asked if it was ok to take a picture of him and he said yes, and went into this 'pose'.

 

[Mr.MouseFan]

These are my two favorites of all the pics I took on Sunday in New York...

 

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