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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 219964" data-attributes="member: 12496">I assume you are using TTL flash mode, and are turning it down using Flash Compensation?&nbsp;&nbsp; (as opposed to Manual flash and turning it down with power level?)I also assume this is direct flash from the camera internal flash.&nbsp; A hot shoe flash allowing bounce flash would be greatly better lighting, but direct flash does not have to be so bad.&nbsp; Children's pictures are a natural for bounce flash.&nbsp; See <a href="http://www.scantips.com/lights/flashbasics1d.html" target="_blank">Four Flash Photography Basics we must know - Bounce flash, Bounce cards</a>How close is your &quot;close&quot;?&nbsp; I feel that is aggravating your problems, for two reasons.&nbsp; Proper perspective of faces (emphasized size of nose, etc) really always needs the camera to stand back, at least five feet, and six to eight feet is better perspective (always true, in any situation).&nbsp; &nbsp; Also, the light falloff with distance would not be so extreme from a little more distance (meaning maybe six feet).Be that as it may, you can still make the flash behave, by using Flash Compensation to turn down automatic TTL flash as necessary.&nbsp; The proper place between too much and not enough flash is just a matter of degree.&nbsp; You describe being at the extremes, instead of the correct midrange level.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can adjust the Flash Compensation in 1/3 stops, which gives you a lot of control, normally a just detectable change.&nbsp;&nbsp; When you get it adjusted right for a situation, all the other pictures in the similar situation ought to be good too, and same situation should be the same tomorrow too.&nbsp; It's not that difficult, except maybe the very first time. Consider that first time as test practice, and take time to try several compensation levels, to range from too much to not enough, to be sure you see all the available choices.&nbsp; One is just right.&nbsp; If too much flash, use more -EV flash compensation. If too little, use less -EV FC.We still have to watch and adjust flash compensation for bounce flash, same thing, but the bounce lighting is so tremendously better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 219964, member: 12496"] I assume you are using TTL flash mode, and are turning it down using Flash Compensation? (as opposed to Manual flash and turning it down with power level?) I also assume this is direct flash from the camera internal flash. A hot shoe flash allowing bounce flash would be greatly better lighting, but direct flash does not have to be so bad. Children's pictures are a natural for bounce flash. See [URL="http://www.scantips.com/lights/flashbasics1d.html"]Four Flash Photography Basics we must know - Bounce flash, Bounce cards[/URL] How close is your "close"? I feel that is aggravating your problems, for two reasons. Proper perspective of faces (emphasized size of nose, etc) really always needs the camera to stand back, at least five feet, and six to eight feet is better perspective (always true, in any situation). Also, the light falloff with distance would not be so extreme from a little more distance (meaning maybe six feet). Be that as it may, you can still make the flash behave, by using Flash Compensation to turn down automatic TTL flash as necessary. The proper place between too much and not enough flash is just a matter of degree. You describe being at the extremes, instead of the correct midrange level. You can adjust the Flash Compensation in 1/3 stops, which gives you a lot of control, normally a just detectable change. When you get it adjusted right for a situation, all the other pictures in the similar situation ought to be good too, and same situation should be the same tomorrow too. It's not that difficult, except maybe the very first time. Consider that first time as test practice, and take time to try several compensation levels, to range from too much to not enough, to be sure you see all the available choices. One is just right. If too much flash, use more -EV flash compensation. If too little, use less -EV FC. We still have to watch and adjust flash compensation for bounce flash, same thing, but the bounce lighting is so tremendously better. [/QUOTE]

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