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Step 3Go shoot yourself (with your camera)
For testing purposes, I went to the darkest room in my house, the bathroom and turned off all the lights. I then shot photos of myself and my bathroom.
The first one is with my 30mm 1.4. Since it's a really fast lens, it doesn't have any problems with taking pictures with low light.
However, it is possible to see the difference in the lighting. Without the flash, the highlights are far more brighter, and the lighting is harsh.
With the diffuser, my features are softer and the lighting is more natural.
Remember , this effectively cuts the distance your flash will work, you'll need to slow down your camera speed to get the further distances. This might require you to go to manual mode because the camera is expecting a certain power output from the flash and won't adjust for the lower output.
For closer pictures, this works well.
The first one is with my 30mm 1.4. Since it's a really fast lens, it doesn't have any problems with taking pictures with low light.
However, it is possible to see the difference in the lighting. Without the flash, the highlights are far more brighter, and the lighting is harsh.
With the diffuser, my features are softer and the lighting is more natural.
Remember , this effectively cuts the distance your flash will work, you'll need to slow down your camera speed to get the further distances. This might require you to go to manual mode because the camera is expecting a certain power output from the flash and won't adjust for the lower output.
For closer pictures, this works well.
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May 14, 2007. 10:22 PMrecordcousin
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Nice Job. Actually you need to open up the lens a stop or so. Shutter speed doesn't affect the flash exposure on an slr, aperture does (unless you have a leaf shutter.)
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