off camera flash

[knocker]

hi all, i have just bought a microglobe lightsphere and stuck it on my 430ex, had a bit of a dabble yesterday and ended up getting the lights out before the model bu@@red off ! taking shots on the normal horizontal plane was fine, however, when shooting in the vertical plane, i got serious shadowing, i obviously need to use the flash/sphere off camera, what system would you advise or have i got this all wrong again

 

[Janice]

hi all, i have just bought a microglobe lightsphere and stuck it on my 430ex, had a bit of a dabble yesterday and ended up getting the lights out before the model bu@@red off ! taking shots on the normal horizontal plane was fine, however, when shooting in the vertical plane, i got serious shadowing, i obviously need to use the flash/sphere off camera, what system would you advise or have i got this all wrong again

was the flash on the side of your camera when these shadows appeared?

i got a swivel flash bracket so when you turn the camera for a vertical shot you can move the flash back up to above the lens again.

hope that helps.

 

[Tyke Tiler]

hi all, i have just bought a microglobe lightsphere and stuck it on my 430ex, had a bit of a dabble yesterday and ended up getting the lights out before the model bu@@red off ! taking shots on the normal horizontal plane was fine, however, when shooting in the vertical plane, i got serious shadowing, i obviously need to use the flash/sphere off camera, what system would you advise or have i got this all wrong again

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[david1701]

theres a right and wrong side to have the flash when shooting vertically to make the shadows less noticeable

this guy explains

off camera is great, I'm looking at getting a bracket and tll cable for when I need the flash on camera

 

[knocker]

excellent, off to practice now thanks guys