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I left work early today and took this spot at a spot in queens.
 

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Just got a 430exII speedlite for my T3i. I've been playing around with it just to get a feel for different bounce techniques and angling. Probably won't be too advanced with this thing right away. Does anyone have any resources they'd recommend I read/watch in regards to flash photography techniques?
 

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Just got a 430exII speedlite for my T3i. I've been playing around with it just to get a feel for different bounce techniques and angling. Probably won't be too advanced with this thing right away. Does anyone have any resources they'd recommend I read/watch in regards to flash photography techniques?


I got the same flash...like a retard I would just leave it on automatic, 'till few months ago when I saw a youtube video on it..if i remember, it didn;t really come with instructions. Its a good flash though. I think a lot of the best pics come with a 45degree angle to the side bounce. It kinda just depends on the venue lighting...real dark I'd do straight ahead with the top facing the subject bent at a 90degree angle though.
 

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I got the same flash...like a retard I would just leave it on automatic, 'till few months ago when I saw a youtube video on it..if i remember, it didn;t really come with instructions. Its a good flash though. I think a lot of the best pics come with a 45degree angle to the side bounce. It kinda just depends on the venue lighting...real dark I'd do straight ahead with the top facing the subject bent at a 90degree angle though.

I've got the same flash as well. I'm still :flabbynsick: with it tho which causes a lot of my shots to be lit unevenly, but when Im lucky enough to get it to work, it makes a world of difference.
 

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I've got the same flash as well. I'm still :flabbynsick: with it tho which causes a lot of my shots to be lit unevenly, but when Im lucky enough to get it to work, it makes a world of difference.

bro until i saw that youtube video, I had no idea the flash itself can narrow in on a target and you can adjust the light power and narrowness of the aim...When I first got it I just saw it was ETTL(I think thats the option) so it would gauge the lighting automatically with the camera. So I pretty much never adjusted shyt on it for a long as time...some pics were still cool, but like everything in view would be lit up in my pics, even though I wasn't going for that. All this stuff is trial and error no matter how much you read up.
 

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Didn't really do shyt today, and I'm about to go over a friend's to watch the rest of this Lakers/Clippers game, so here's my shot for the day.


4/365 by K e N, on Flickr

Pretty meh, but nobody said this challenge had to have contest winner shots every pic...
 

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Throwing my randoms up now


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This was taken looking outside of a window in the middle of the night. I dropped the aperture to 1.4 and bumped the iso to like 6400 and shot it handheld.
 

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i think my eyes are playing tricks on me..

u eever get them tight lavender corduroys?

Usually I'm shootin in landscape so I guess it looks funny in portrait. How does the original post look now? I chose a smaller size.


I got them smedium corduroys breh...I cant squat down to pick up my lenses, but got damn I'm lookin good tho :ohlawd:
 

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Usually I'm shootin in landscape so I guess it looks funny in portrait. How does the original post look now? I chose a smaller size.


I got them smedium corduroys breh...I cant squat down to pick up my lenses, but got damn I'm lookin good tho :ohlawd:

them hipster jawns must love you... i think it was the portrait that had me all :dwillhuh:
 
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