Weekly Workshop 4 – more flash

This week, I wanted to follow up from my practice session last week when I used Niel VN’s “black thingy.”  I wanted to work on balancing the flash with the ambient light in the room.  Especially with kids i would like to be able just a bit if light with out blowing out their faces.  Definitely not as easy as it sounds.  I had the good fortune of working Carrie and her two little ones Conner and Winston.  The boys are 5 months, super cute and have the bluest of eyes. Unfortunately for the practice session, Carrie’s house had too much good light and the flash was overkill for a good number of the shots.  Probably wouldn’t have used a flash if was a real shoot.

Still learned a couple things:

*  Flash is great for the eyes – those baby blues  really sparkle with the extra light

*   At this point the black thingy approach works best for me when there is a fairly strong directional light (like from a front window) as opposed to a larger diffused light (like a ceiling light)

Still lots to learn – going outside next week.

Thanks Carrie and good luck with all those fingers and toes.

Blog Link:  http://jchandlerphotography.com/1530