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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 224033" data-attributes="member: 14443">as a wedding photog, I do hundreds of these basic boring pictures all the time every event. there are events where people dont want to stand and look to the lens and want me to capture them as they are. the picture is fine. its not art. its just a regular picture. not trying to make you feel bad. its just a regular snapshot. dont think too hard about it. I hate these type of pictures because it doesnt challenge me. I did a weddings yesterday and the kind of people there, were the ones that like to stand and look to the camera. I do what my client wants but there's no challenge creatively/artistically. dont worry about it, its just fine. just lower the exposure a bit. sharpen his eyes a bit and youre good to go. maybe crop a bit off the left side if you want it more centered. you might even consider bouncing 45º back behind you. or use it in s2 mode off camera and hold it in your hand and have the optic sensor where it can see your on camera flash and use it for a nice even effect. meaning use your camera flash as it is straight on. play with the FEC though to get it right so it doesnt burn too much. and you can use the 468II on a flash base and just place it on a table near bye with the eye facing the flash and fire it off that way for fill and a nice soft light blanket. yesterday at the wedding, the part where the guests come in, I had a huge ceiling and hate to use flash straight on and knew my flash is not strong enough to light them properly since I prefer moving back a bit and shooting at 50mm or more when its a group of people. so what I did was take another flash with me in my hand. both flashes were pointed up and was enough to light them properly and get some background fill as well. personally, I would highly recommend you buy yourself a slave set. something like the commlite G430. $25 shipped through ebay. it has a ttl pass through hot shoe. very reliable. better than depending on the off camera flash to see the camera flash being fired and you can place the off camera flash anywhere (almost) and have it fire. I did a birthday shoot for my GF's daughter. I placed the flash on the fridge. bounced it off the corner. used my on camera SB800 bounced up with card and the pictures came out nice and soft. very easy to do. but youre overthinking. its fine. dont sweat it. you should see what I get on the dance floor. the lighting is horrible. red, blue green faces from the lighting there. its horrible but thats the situation I have to deal with. you did fine! :encouragement:</blockquote>

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