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    Post your Portrait shots!

    Another casual single off-camera flash photo in a restaurant. I have been so busy that it seems the only places with friends, plus a camera is having dinner.
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    D90 - Time for upgrade, new lens, or both? International travel plans.

    As someone who shoots a lot in travel destination...90 countries so far and living in one of the most picturesque cities anywhere, I would suggest wide plus a flash, you never can have wide enough it seems for travel scenes. I sponsor and host many people traveling here and never heard someone...
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    Post your Portrait shots!

    Here is one taken 2 weeks ago of a girl I did not know, in a small dance club that was dead that night. She was with her 2 girl friends and caught her when resting after dancing. Strong red light in for ambient light so have to overpower that to get her face without the red tint. . Plus two...
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    Post your Portrait shots!

    This one is another casual of my GF while we were out for a walk and stopped on a shaded bench away from the harsh mid-day sun with a 24-70 2.8, SB900 fill flash. D800. I almost always have a flash with the camera, more often off camera with RF flash controllers.
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    Post your Portrait shots!

    This one was a casual while out to dinner with a long time friend, Nastia, last months, a stage actor who has been in a number of films also. D800, shooting one handed and hand holding a 40x40cm softbox Yongnuo 568ex flash using RF flash controller. The softbox is small enough for events without...
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    D3200 Speedlight for Close/WideAngle nightclub photography?

    Another point, don't worry about a direct beam width covering the angle of view, there is no reason to ever used direct on-camera flash except as fill flash, everything use uses some light modifier to adapt the flash output to the desired effect or bounce flash which has no effective beam width...
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    D3200 Speedlight for Close/WideAngle nightclub photography?

    What are you trying to achieve in shooting 1/4SS? Normally we use shutter dragging to get character of the entire scene, 1-2 stops below subject metering. If you are shooting so close, there is little room scene in the frame. Get the larger flash and keep it off camera. I have a herd of...
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    In St Petersburg Russia....

    New to the forum, active photographer for portraiture, architecture, weddings, lifestyle, club and event, theater, studio in the St Petersburg city center.Avid traveler with 90 countries visited, originally from the San Francisco Bay Area(Marin Co.) My only dslr experience was Nikon, after...
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