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When shooting people in low light conditions outdoors... would it be effective to bounce your speedlight off a white board that an assistant can hold up behind me or to the side of my subject? I hate flashing somone straight in the eye...
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Old 06-03-2010, 06:56 PM
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Yes, that is a popular technique.
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Old 06-03-2010, 10:21 PM
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I'd use a dome or flash mount softbox (lumniquest) and the flash off camera (corded or wireless)
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