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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 477918" data-attributes="member: 12496">Sounds good, but it would have been good if you could have said &quot;10 or 12 foot white ceilings&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; You said stage, so it is not in a home... Ceilings could be high, or dark.&nbsp; You will need white ceilings for bounce.&nbsp; Your plan all sounds right if the ceilings are OK.&nbsp;&nbsp; Practice a bit today with direct flash too, just in case.&nbsp; What causes problems with direct flash is turning the camera up on end for portrait view, which puts the flash at the side, which makes terrible dark side shadows on a near wall behind the subject.&nbsp; Keeping the flash directly above the lens helps that greatly. And watch to avoid overexposure.&nbsp; Flash Compensation is how we control TTL flash.You don't want the diffuser, but the bounce card will help.&nbsp; Other than possibly the ceiling, white balance will be your main problem.&nbsp; If not using a white balance card, I would include a few shots of the various scenes that specifically included white things (not off-white), to help with white balance later.&nbsp;&nbsp; White shirts and collars, white plates, white name tags, white menus, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 477918, member: 12496"] Sounds good, but it would have been good if you could have said "10 or 12 foot white ceilings". You said stage, so it is not in a home... Ceilings could be high, or dark. You will need white ceilings for bounce. Your plan all sounds right if the ceilings are OK. Practice a bit today with direct flash too, just in case. What causes problems with direct flash is turning the camera up on end for portrait view, which puts the flash at the side, which makes terrible dark side shadows on a near wall behind the subject. Keeping the flash directly above the lens helps that greatly. And watch to avoid overexposure. Flash Compensation is how we control TTL flash. You don't want the diffuser, but the bounce card will help. Other than possibly the ceiling, white balance will be your main problem. If not using a white balance card, I would include a few shots of the various scenes that specifically included white things (not off-white), to help with white balance later. White shirts and collars, white plates, white name tags, white menus, etc. [/QUOTE]

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