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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 121640" data-attributes="member: 12496">So maybe it has a 12 foot ceiling?&nbsp; That makes bounce flash harder.&nbsp; You have two basic choices with a on-camera hot shoe flash.&nbsp; Direct flash, or bounce flash.Direct flash is affected more by the inverse square law - the light falls off fast with distance.&nbsp; Basically, your flash exposure can be correct at only one distance, and the background is dark.&nbsp; The flash lighting is frontal, and flat.&nbsp; The SB-400 should do this fine.&nbsp; It may be about 1.5 stops stronger than the internal flash.Bounce flash aims the flash head up at ceiling, and it is much better lighting (shows many subtle gradient shading tones, not flat.&nbsp; A very desirable skill to learn).&nbsp; Then, much of the room is about the same distance from the ceiling, so the background lights up (within reason, really speaking of a smaller normal size room).&nbsp; However, the distance up and down at the ceiling is a much longer path, and this requires substantial flash power, still at maybe ISO 400 f/4 with SB-700 flash.&nbsp; You can use high shutter speed (towards maximum sync speed, which is 1/250 second for the D7000), to keep out effects of the off-color room lights. Another skill to learn.&nbsp; But SB-400 power may need ISO 800 or more, and then you start seeing the off-color room lighting more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 121640, member: 12496"] So maybe it has a 12 foot ceiling? That makes bounce flash harder. You have two basic choices with a on-camera hot shoe flash. Direct flash, or bounce flash. Direct flash is affected more by the inverse square law - the light falls off fast with distance. Basically, your flash exposure can be correct at only one distance, and the background is dark. The flash lighting is frontal, and flat. The SB-400 should do this fine. It may be about 1.5 stops stronger than the internal flash. Bounce flash aims the flash head up at ceiling, and it is much better lighting (shows many subtle gradient shading tones, not flat. A very desirable skill to learn). Then, much of the room is about the same distance from the ceiling, so the background lights up (within reason, really speaking of a smaller normal size room). However, the distance up and down at the ceiling is a much longer path, and this requires substantial flash power, still at maybe ISO 400 f/4 with SB-700 flash. You can use high shutter speed (towards maximum sync speed, which is 1/250 second for the D7000), to keep out effects of the off-color room lights. Another skill to learn. But SB-400 power may need ISO 800 or more, and then you start seeing the off-color room lighting more. [/QUOTE]

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