Vagabond’s Caravan

Again, thanks to ChiHo, I was able to get some really nice photos taken with bounced flash. As I explained here in the previous post, bounced flash (the big, external flash pro use?) are much better (more powerful and natural) compared to direct flash (the built-in flash on most camera). It allows flash to be fired at an angle, usually towards the ceiling, so that lights are diffused by the ceiling and fall evenly on the subject. It creates much better and smoother skin tones as compared to direct flash (where you often get washed out + oily faces and red eyes). Since this is the first time I handle ChiHo’s flash, and the auto setting didn’t turn out that well, so I was firing the flash manually most of the time. Quite a number of the photos taken are not well exposed and hence need to be corrected in Photoshop, still, it rawks! Thanks buddy (ChiHo)! Will do strobing with ya when I get SB-600, hehe.

Here you go, I hope it illustrated the advantages of a bounced flash. =)

For more about bounced flash, read this.

^ Love this! This is well exposed in the very beginning, very little adjustment were done in Photoshop. =)

^ Love this too! This is well exposed in the very beginning, very little adjustment were done in Photoshop. =)

^ This is slightly under-exposed because I was firing the flash manually, but it still looks fairly natural after some editing. =)

^ I really like this diptych, but I forgot to adjust the white balance, so yea, it’s a bit too warm/orange-ish, hehe, my bad. =(