< P > S i n c e m o s t o f o u r l i v e s a r e s p e n t i n d o o r s , m o s t o f o u r f a m i l y p i c t u r e s a r e t a k e n i n s i d e . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , w e h a v e t o r e l y o n o u r b u i l t i n f l a s h e s t o g e t t h e p i c t u r e . T h e s e p i c t u r e s i n c l u d e f a m i l y p o r t r a i t s , t a b l e s h o t s , f u n g a t h e r i n g s , l o c a l i n d o o r e v e n t s , p a r t i e s , a n d s o c i a l e v e n t s , t o s a y n o t h i n g o f t h e t h o u s a n d s o f b a b y p i c t u r e s a n d p e t p o r t r a i t s . T h e b u i l t i n f l a s h o f t e n h a s e n o u g h p o w e r t o l i g h t a s u b j e c t n o f u r t h e r t h a n 1 2 f e e t f r o m t h e c a m e r a . T h e r e s u l t i n g f l a s h p i c t u r e i s f l a t l y l i t a n d m u s t b e p r i n t e d w i t h h i g h e r c o n t r a s t t h a n n o r m a l . P i c t u r e s t a k e n w i t h s u b j e c t s f u r t h e r a w a y a r e d i m l y l i t , l o w i n c o n t r a s t a n d h a v e l i t t l e i n h e r e n t c o l o r . W h i l e y o u m a y i n c r e a s e t h e I S O s e n s i t i v i t y t o t h e h i g h e s t s e t t i n g , t h i s o f t e n r e s u l t s i n a n i m a g e w i t h a l a r g e n u m b e r o f a r t i f a c t s , l o o k i n g l e s s s h a r p a n d g r a i n y . < / P > < P > A l l t h e s e f a m i l y o c c a s i o n s w o u l d b e i m p r o v e d w i t h b e t t e r l i g h t i n g . A n o l d f a s h i o n e d P C c o r d e d f l a s h w i l l n o t h e l p y o u s i n c e y o u r d i g i t a l c a m e r a p r o b a b l y d o e s n t h a v e a P C s o c k e t o r h o t s h o e a n d e v e n i f i t d o e s , t h e r e d e y e p r e f l a s h w o u l d t r i g g e r t h e a c c e s s o r y f l a s h t o o s o o n t o s y n c h r o n i z e . W h a t y o u n e e d i s a n a c c e s s o r y f l a s h t h a t i g n o r e s y o u r p r e f l a s h e s a n d s y n c h r o n i z e s w i t h y o u r s h u t t e r w i t h o u t w i r e s . T h e V i v i t a r D F 2 0 0 i s s u c h a f l a s h . < / P > < P > O t h e r f e a t u r e s o f t h i s f l a s h a r e t h e a b i l i t y t o m o u n t t o a n y c a m e r a w i t h a t r i p o d s o c k e t , f u l l c a p a b i l i t y t o s w i v e l t o t h e r e a r a n d a n g l e u p t o t h e c e i l i n g . W i t h p l e n t y o f p o w e r o n h a n d f o r g o o d b o u n c e l i g h t i n g , t h e s w i v e l f e a t u r e i s i m p o r t a n t . A n o t h e r g o o d f e a t u r e i s t h e a b i l i t y t o o p e r a t e a t a d i s t a n c e . T h e u n i t c a n b e p l a c e d o n a s i d e b o a r d a i m e d a t a w h i t e w a l l f o r a s i d e l i g h t o r p l a c e d h i g h a i m e d t o w a r d s a w h i t e c e i l i n g f o r a b r o a d s o u r c e o f l i g h t . T h e a d v a n t a g e s o f t h i s b r o a d s o u r c e a r e a t h r e e d i m e n s i o n a l l o o k t o t h e p i c t u r e , r e d u c e d g l a r e , m o r e i n t e n s e c o l o r a n d a s h a r p e r , b e t t e r e x p o s e d i m a g e . T h e b u i l t i n f l a s h a c t s a s t h e l i g h t t r i g g e r a s w e l l a s s u p p l y i n g a f i l l l i g h t f o r s h a d o w c o n t r o l . < / P > < P > E x p e r i m e n t w i t h d i f f e r e n t c a m e r a a n d a c c e s s o r y f l a s h s e t t i n g s f o r t h e b e s t e x p o s u r e a n d b a l a n c e . A l a r g e r o o m c a n b e f u l l y l i t u s i n g t h e h i g h e s t p o w e r s e t t i n g w h i l e a c l o s e r , s m a l l e r a r e a m a y o n l y n e e d t h e p o w e r s e t t i n g f o r g o o d r e s u l t s . T h e o n l y c o n w i t h t h e V i v i t a r D F 2 0 0 f l a s h i s t h a t i t i s a l l p l a s t i c a n d p u t t o g e t h e r i n e x p e n s i v e l y w i t h o u t s c r e w s . T h e r e a r e a f e w b e t t e r b u i l t a l t e r n a t i v e s o u t t h e r e b u t t h e y c o s t u p w a r d o f $ 4 0 0 . Y o u j u s t h a v e t o b e c a r e f u l n o t t o d r o p t h e f l a s h o r k n o c k i t a b o u t t o o m u c h . T h e e x c e l l e n t r e s u l t s a r e w o r t h t h e e x t r a c a r e . < / P >
Author: Kenneth C. Hoffman
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Kenneth C. Hoffman
A retired portrait and wedding photographer, I enjoy writing photography and how to articles, creating computer art from photography, bicycling and quartet singing. I also collect antique sheet music suitable for playing or framing.
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