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Daniel Ray

Aerial

Friday, July 4th I had the opportunity to practice my portrait photography with my 11 year old neice Aerial. The day before my new Canon 430EX Speedlite flash and Giotto light stand arrived from B&H so I decided to try and use off-camera flash which I've never attempted prior to this session.

I setup my Canon EOS 40D with the Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS lens that came with the camera and a Canon 580EX II Speedlite flash (master) with the flash turned off and only the Canon 430EX (slave) on. Automatic TTL was used to determine the flash output and all shots were done in M mode.

Below are a few of my favorite images from the photo session. Please provide your thoughts and input (good and bad) so I can refine my technique.

1. Cat Tails, ISO 125 | 59mm | f/6.3 | 1/100 sec


2. Front Yard, ISO 125 | 73mm | f/6.3 | 1/100 sec


3. Laughing, ISO 125 | 64mm | f/6.3 | 1/100 sec


4. Front Porch (A), ISO 160 | 80mm | f/5.6 | 1/250 sec


5. Front Porch (B), ISO 100 | 30mm | f/4.5 | 1/200 sec


6. Volleyball (tonemapped ), ISO 100 | 17mm | f/4.0 | 1/250 sec

Tags: off, canon, camera, 430ex, 580ex, flash, july, portrait, 4th

4 Comments

pipit Comment by pipit on July 7, 2008 at 3:32am
#3 is just delightful .....very natural looking
grimo1re Comment by grimo1re on July 7, 2008 at 7:06pm
Great photos. Number 6 is somehow weird looking, the light is off. I'm no expert so can't tell you how to fix it, sorry. I like 3 best too, very natural looking indeed.
Daniel Ray Comment by Daniel Ray on July 7, 2008 at 11:18pm
#6 is was tonemapped using Photoshop CS3 to give it an unnatural look. My personal favorite is #3 as well. Thanks for the comments.
grimo1re Comment by grimo1re on July 7, 2008 at 11:43pm
Ah! That explains it. I have never actually used tonemapping....must experiment now :)

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