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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 174807" data-attributes="member: 6277"><p>One of the tasks I set for myself this summer was to learn more about flash photography. Way back in the film days I had a three flash setup for my Olympus OM-2n and had all the umbrellas and stands to match. They worked great and I got very good results. But that is not what I am doing now since I want to do more outdoors and mobile shooting. 1 on camera flash is the push at this time. Later I will move on to other styles using multiple flashes and off camera flash so that is not on the table for now.</p><p></p><p>Recently I was at a wedding and the photographer was shooting a D800 with a SB-910 attached. She was moving fast outdoors shooting multiple things in fast order. I noticed that she had a diffuser dome on her flash and that the flash was pointing either up or sometime slightly back but never at the subject. Some of these were under a tent so I can see that there would have been some bounce but she was doing the same thing when not under the tent. Was the effect more of a bare bulb just to fill in slight shadows or am I missing the point somehow?</p><p></p><p>I did see her photos later and I looked for the ones that I questioned about and they were outstanding. If you follow my posts you will know that I don't say that lightly. I had shot a few without flash in the same area and they were passable at best so I know the flash was doing good things to the pictures.</p><p></p><p>I had forgotten that my flash came with the diffuser dome till I saw her using it. Had to come home and find it. Is the factory dome a good option or is there a better option for on camera/on flash dome?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 174807, member: 6277"] One of the tasks I set for myself this summer was to learn more about flash photography. Way back in the film days I had a three flash setup for my Olympus OM-2n and had all the umbrellas and stands to match. They worked great and I got very good results. But that is not what I am doing now since I want to do more outdoors and mobile shooting. 1 on camera flash is the push at this time. Later I will move on to other styles using multiple flashes and off camera flash so that is not on the table for now. Recently I was at a wedding and the photographer was shooting a D800 with a SB-910 attached. She was moving fast outdoors shooting multiple things in fast order. I noticed that she had a diffuser dome on her flash and that the flash was pointing either up or sometime slightly back but never at the subject. Some of these were under a tent so I can see that there would have been some bounce but she was doing the same thing when not under the tent. Was the effect more of a bare bulb just to fill in slight shadows or am I missing the point somehow? I did see her photos later and I looked for the ones that I questioned about and they were outstanding. If you follow my posts you will know that I don't say that lightly. I had shot a few without flash in the same area and they were passable at best so I know the flash was doing good things to the pictures. I had forgotten that my flash came with the diffuser dome till I saw her using it. Had to come home and find it. Is the factory dome a good option or is there a better option for on camera/on flash dome? [/QUOTE]
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