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October 19, 2011

Off Camera Flash

October 19, 2011

I’ve been reading too much over on Strobist.com. Before this, I had only used my external flash on-board my camera, bouncing the light off the ceiling.  That’s pretty much it.  But these Strobists, boy, do they take nice photos! 

The other day I busted out my SB600 and actually read the manual.  And then I read my camera manual, ok at least part of it, and I figured out to set up the camera to trigger the flash remotely.  Thank Nikon for making it easy!  Thanks JJ for buying me a nice flash! 

I played around a bit, taking some shots of our shoes.  I thought Miles’s little shoes looks cute next to my bigger ones.  The shoes were next to the closed front door.  Available light was minimal through some windows to the right; but the shades were closed and I don’t think they contributed much light anyway.

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I must have taken 50 shots, trying to see what position, power works for this particular setting.  This is what make digital so nice – being able to experiment and getting instant feedback.  Oh, and being able to delete images and not having to pay a lot of money in film and developing.  (Then again, my camera is pretty pricey, so maybe I’m not exactly saving any money. Oh well.)

I’ve had a dslr for a little over 4 years now, and I know I still have A LOT to learn.  Both technically and artistically.  And I want to master my camera – know how to get it to do what I want.  To produce the photos I want. 

Fortunately, I have a super cute model available to me for practice. 

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Five Baht Elephant. My mother is from Thailand, where elephants are royal animals. Growing up Mom would tell us to save our pennies, "in case a man came to our door selling elephants." At the time we thought it was the most absurd thing ever. Now I realize it was the Thai version of saving for a rainy day. Lets hope that we can buy an elephant for only five baht!

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