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This image was made by employing a technique I found on Neil Van Niekerk's web site (http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques) that involves using a flag on your flash to prevent any direct flash on your subject. Hhe calls it "the black foamie thing", I used my Rogue Flashbender. This was shot in very dim room light at ISO 200 and I was able to avoid getting flash in the window behind the subject, the subject doesn't have a washed out look, and the flash was balanced with ambient room light. I really like the results, it has a much more "natural" look than bouncing directly at your subject. This was an un-posed shot taken candidly during my friend's wife's book club meeting.

Photographer:	X Greg Mennegar
Folder:	Greg's e-3
Uploaded:	13-Nov-2011 16:09 CET
Current Rating:	8.00/1 View all ratings Delete my rating
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Camera:	Olympus E-3
Exposure time:	1/50 s
Aperture:	F2.5
Focal length:	50 mm
Lens:	Sigma 50MM F1.4
Focusing method:	Spot
ISO:	200
White balance:	Manual(One Touch)
Flash:	internal
Image format:	RAW
Processing applied:
Various:
Image resized to:	800x600

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Great Information

Greg,
This is great insight and very informative. I have tried to find you in the reflection in the wine glass, can't really see you exactly. It appears that the flash was directed at the ceiling.
Mark Stodter

Mark Stodter at 17:29 CET on 14-Nov-2011 [Reply]

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Mark Stodter wrote:
> Greg,
> This is great insight and very informative. I have tried to find you in the reflection in
> the wine glass, can't really see you exactly. It appears that the flash was directed at the ceiling.
> Mark Stodter
>
I was off to the right a bit, so you probably wouldn't have seen me, but you would have seen the flash in the window. I had the flash "flagged" so that no direct light went towards the subject and was bouncing off the ceiling and walls.

Greg Mennegar at 17:56 CET on 14-Nov-2011 [Reply]

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Why not use a http://www.garyfongestore.com/

Denny Giacobe at 01:08 CET on 17-Nov-2011 [Reply]

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Denny Giacobe wrote:
> Why not use a http://www.garyfongestore.com/
>
Honestly? I think those things are a joke. A very expensive piece of tupperware.

Greg Mennegar at 02:08 CET on 17-Nov-2011 [Reply]

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Greg Mennegar wrote:
> Denny Giacobe wrote:
> > Why not use a http://www.garyfongestore.com/
> >
> Honestly? I think those things are a joke. A very expensive piece of tupperware.

Hey Greg, I was just making a suggestion, been doing this for over 40 years, $30 is allot cheaper then somebody trying to sell me a book on how to.
Take it for what its worth, the last guy that said what you did is now using this same system.
When your in a pinch.
Far from "junk!! Put then again everyone has there opinion.

>

Denny Giacobe at 03:59 CET on 17-Nov-2011 [Reply]

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Denny Giacobe wrote:
> Greg Mennegar wrote:
> > Denny Giacobe wrote:
> > > Why not use a http://www.garyfongestore.com/
> > >
> > Honestly? I think those things are a joke. A very expensive piece of tupperware.
>
> Hey Greg, I was just making a suggestion, been doing this for over 40 years, $30 is allot
> cheaper then somebody trying to sell me a book on how to.
> Take it for what its worth, the last guy that said what you did is now using this same system.
> When your in a pinch.
> Far from "junk!! Put then again everyone has there opinion.
>
> >
>
I know a lot of people like them, but they are not my cup of tea. It's all good!

Greg Mennegar at 04:23 CET on 17-Nov-2011 [Reply]