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So a friends as asked me to do a shoot with his car at a car park with graffit on the walls the problem im haveing is the where he want the car and where the car looks best is that there is a light on the wall it hard to explain so ill show you a picture where iv been there before:







The problem i has was the light making the picture to light and not getting enough light to the car.

I now have my canon 430ex flashgun which im hopeing with a little advice from you guys i can improve these bad pictures? But i do not have a remote for the flash so i cant have off camera flash it will have to be on the camera but it is a low celiing so i can bounce it off there or off a wall im not to sure

Can anyone help? :)

Thanks
 
Opppppss iv just remembered the size rule :S how do i size them down :S
 
You can kill that light, or at least get rid of it pretty much, mainly by using the fastest shutter speed you can, ie 1/200sec or 1/250sec depending on your camera.

Then use the flash at full power in manual and moderate the exposure with ISO and f/number until it's right.

This way you will minimise the ambient light and maximise the flash, which should sort it. You might struggle with bounce flash as that will reduce the effective power a lot, but might still be okay.
 
It's going to be tough. Killing the light will also pretty much kill the graffiti too, which is the main backdrop feature. You're going to have to compromise by trying to light both. I think I'd get a couple of big white foam boards from a craft shop to make a BIG reflector to bounce your flash off then try various angles to get a decent balance.
 
Why not get some stiff card (Measured to the lights on a recce), double sided sticky tape and some tin foil? Mold the card so it is concave and coat in foil and tape to each of the lights, this will cut down the light hitting the camera from them and will still light the graffiti.

Once you have done the shoot just pull them off the lights before you leave.
 
Rough Edges said:
Why not get some stiff card (Measured to the lights on a recce), double sided sticky tape and some tin foil? Mold the card so it is concave and coat in foil and tape to each of the lights, this will cut down the light hitting the camera from them and will still light the graffiti.

Once you have done the shoot just pull them off the lights before you leave.
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That's a bloody good Blue Peter solution.
 
Yep, cover up the lights on the wall
 
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