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<blockquote data-quote="crycocyon" data-source="post: 202450" data-attributes="member: 13076">Actually you and I probably have similar experience because I only got this equipment in the past couple of months. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Although I have done photography on and off for a LONG time (ie: since I was a kid in the 70s). And I did a LOT of research into off-camera flash and studio lighting because it is the one thing I didn't really have a good handle on. Well since the SB series works in TTL you can use it so that the camera determines the light output but you have the camera in manual in order to force the flash to compensate and in that way you find the balance of artificial and ambient light. An umbrella would work the same way, except you'll need to move it closer to the subject on account of fall-off. Does your umbrella have a silvered interior? You could then use it as a reflector for the flash instead of flashing through the umbrella as a diffusor. And thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="crycocyon, post: 202450, member: 13076"] Actually you and I probably have similar experience because I only got this equipment in the past couple of months. :D Although I have done photography on and off for a LONG time (ie: since I was a kid in the 70s). And I did a LOT of research into off-camera flash and studio lighting because it is the one thing I didn't really have a good handle on. Well since the SB series works in TTL you can use it so that the camera determines the light output but you have the camera in manual in order to force the flash to compensate and in that way you find the balance of artificial and ambient light. An umbrella would work the same way, except you'll need to move it closer to the subject on account of fall-off. Does your umbrella have a silvered interior? You could then use it as a reflector for the flash instead of flashing through the umbrella as a diffusor. And thanks! [/QUOTE]

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