Generally, I shoot mostly with natural light _ I'm comfortable working within the limits of naturally lit scenes. This semester, however, I've branched out to include strobes, diffusers and other light sources in my compositions. Luckily, I have two perfect, amenable subjects who don't mind if I make mistakes while they play. On my last two trips to my brother's house, I experimented with a flash and diffuser mounted on the top of my DSLR. My aim for using the flash was to light the kids' faces without harsh shadows, but in using the flash I lost the warmth of the ambient light.
On my most recent trip, I tried to compensate for the shadows created by multiple light sources and a reflective table. I lost warm skin tones, though, when I fired the flash.
Bouncing the flash off the ceiling fills in the shadows and casts light back underneath the chin (due to reflective table), hence reducing hard shadow and giving an even distribution by the flash.
Bouncing the flash off the ceiling fills in the shadows and casts light back underneath the chin (due to reflective table), hence reducing hard shadow and giving an even distribution by the flash.
The most useful use of my flash was outside at noontime in direct sunlight. The shooting the flash directly at my subject, I was able to fill in the deep shadow on my nephew's face.
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