Flash Tips?

[nesser1981]

I just got my speedlight today. Any good tips on how to make the pictures look awesome?

We're not learning anything about in school.

I bought a diffuser for it too.

I'm going to put it up until Christmas, but I wanted to maybe learn a little bit before I put it away.

 

[aggiefamily]

Turn it up and an angle and bounce it off a wall or window. Try not to point it straight on at your subject unless you are doing it to fill flash or far away.

Umm, practice? LOL!

 

[DawnMarch]

The diffuser will help if you must shoot straight on (e.g., outdoors), but do bounce it if at all possible. You can bounce it off a wall, ceiling. Just keep in mind that you can get color casts that way if you bounce off colored walls.

If you are using it as fill-flash, you should learn how to turn down the flash to -1/3 or -2/3 so that it doesn't fire at full-power. It will give a much more natural, less "flashy" result.

 

[nikkiARNGwife]

Yes...bounce..unless you're somewhere that has a pink ceiling lol...I was taking photos at my sisters and could not understand why my photos all had a pink cast..until I looked up lol