Comments on: Shooting with an In Camera Flash http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mbw http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-92268 mbw Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:04:13 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-92268 I just bought one of these Pixco Flash diffusers on ebay... still waiting for it to come in the mail, but it looks promising http://cgi.ebay.com/Pixco-flash-diffuser-for-Canon-500D-450D-40D-30D-50D_W0QQitemZ200400072194QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCamera_Flash_Accessories?hash=item2ea8c66e02#ht_2266wt_1163 I just bought one of these Pixco Flash diffusers on ebay… still waiting for it to come in the mail, but it looks promising

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]]> By: Buck http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-74752 Buck Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:38:38 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-74752 Whoa! AND you violated someone's copyright? (Posted just above my last one (which you'll probably delete, like this one...) That's some "School" you got going Darren. Whoa! AND you violated someone’s copyright? (Posted just above my last one (which you’ll probably delete, like this one…) That’s some “School” you got going Darren.

]]> By: Buck http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-74751 Buck Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:35:56 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-74751 "Has anyone noticed how there has been a real anti-flash vibe going around recently in the digital photography sphere?" Lately? LOL! What cave have you been in Darren? On board camera flash has always been ugly and therefore discouraged unless dealt with by various means for bouncing or diffusing, and even then, not usually done all that successfully. Only a photography noob wouldn't know that... And just to hammer the point home, it's not flash that's being discouraged, it's ON BOARD flash. Go get some studio lights or even more portable strobist gear, and get with the program. "Digital Photography School"? Looks more like Digital Point & Shoot school to me. “Has anyone noticed how there has been a real anti-flash vibe going around recently in the digital photography sphere?”

Lately? LOL! What cave have you been in Darren? On board camera flash has always been ugly and therefore discouraged unless dealt with by various means for bouncing or diffusing, and even then, not usually done all that successfully. Only a photography noob wouldn’t know that…

And just to hammer the point home, it’s not flash that’s being discouraged, it’s ON BOARD flash. Go get some studio lights or even more portable strobist gear, and get with the program.

“Digital Photography School”? Looks more like Digital Point & Shoot school to me.

]]> By: digitalhead http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-63995 digitalhead Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:36:38 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-63995 I was not aware that my photo was used on this website.. I was not aware that my photo was used on this website..

]]> By: Rob http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-56285 Rob Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:27:38 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-56285 I also use an empty opaque plastic film container with it neatly cut out to slot over my onboard flash. Seems to do the trick nicely. At the moment I'm trying to decide what is best to use for macro..a ringflash or a remote flash that I can also use on camera. Love the articles Darren..cheers......R I also use an empty opaque plastic film container with it neatly cut out to slot over my onboard flash. Seems to do the trick nicely. At the moment I’m trying to decide what is best to use for macro..a ringflash or a remote flash that I can also use on camera.
Love the articles Darren..cheers……R

]]> By: George E. Norkus http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-56207 George E. Norkus Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:43:45 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-56207 Nice article! One thing to add, most any strobe will bring out red eye. Sure most cameras offer anti red-out ability but you'll find in doesn't always work on infants, blue eyed people and true blond haired people. Sometimes from the side, red eye comes shows up if the person is wearing large contact lenses. Besides, I hate the anti-red eye flashes! Note: I've taken photos of one child that came out with yellowish-orange eyes. I showed the mother and told her to contact an eye doctor. She did and thanked me later for the near loss of her child’s eye to disease. Note to Erik: Instead of using a coffee filter, try the same attachment with different colored tissue papers and amount of layers. Coffee filters are too coarse. It's hard to believe all the tricks us old timers used on their cameras that are making a digital comeback! Nice article!

One thing to add, most any strobe will bring out red eye. Sure most cameras offer anti red-out ability but you’ll find in doesn’t always work on infants, blue eyed people and true blond haired people.

Sometimes from the side, red eye comes shows up if the person is wearing large contact lenses. Besides, I hate the anti-red eye flashes!

Note: I’ve taken photos of one child that came out with yellowish-orange eyes. I showed the mother and told her to contact an eye doctor. She did and thanked me later for the near loss of her child’s eye to disease.

Note to Erik:

Instead of using a coffee filter, try the same attachment with different colored tissue papers and amount of layers. Coffee filters are too coarse.

It’s hard to believe all the tricks us old timers used on their cameras that are making a digital comeback!

]]> By: Peter Downie http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-56153 Peter Downie Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:59:28 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-56153 Thanks and congratulations to Darren, this site is a terrific service. When I have to use the on-camera flash on my Sony A300, I ALWAYS adust the white balance up by two notches; this results in a more natural -looking tone, and very succesfully removes that washed-out look which flash seems to produce. I would be interested to hear what others think. Thanks and congratulations to Darren, this site is a terrific service. When I have to use the on-camera flash on my Sony A300, I ALWAYS adust the white balance up by two notches; this results in a more natural -looking tone, and very succesfully removes that washed-out look which flash seems to produce. I would be interested to hear what others think.

]]> By: MrJackson http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-56107 MrJackson Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:39:46 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-56107 I can't use my on-camera flash with any of my lenses except the kit lens, which i don't use anymore anyway. The bottom 3rd of the frame is generally blocked from the flash by the lens, though in a pinch i can get something usable. So I stick to my hotshoe flash, and it's almost always with me. I can’t use my on-camera flash with any of my lenses except the kit lens, which i don’t use anymore anyway. The bottom 3rd of the frame is generally blocked from the flash by the lens, though in a pinch i can get something usable. So I stick to my hotshoe flash, and it’s almost always with me.

]]> By: Linda Moore http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-53263 Linda Moore Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:37:35 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-53263 This is probably the wierdest thing you have ever heard, but to diffuse my built in flash I cut a ring of cloth out of a thin white child's sock. I just drop it over the flash and it works great. This is probably the wierdest thing you have ever heard, but to diffuse my built in flash I cut a ring of cloth out of a thin white child’s sock. I just drop it over the flash and it works great.

]]> By: Chris Jones http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/comment-page-1#comment-48954 Chris Jones Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:46:47 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/#comment-48954 Here's a word of warning: if you grab a sheet of paper to diffuse your flash, make sure it's blank, and don't hold it too close. I was fooling around taking pictures of my dog one day, and I decided that my in-camera flash needed to be diffused, so I quickly grabbed a sheet of paper off my desk and held it up in front of my camera. When the flash fired, I heard a loud bang and the flash started smoking. Turned out the paper was printed and some of the toner was actually in contact with my flash. The toner exploded when the flash fired, and now every time I try to use my flash it makes a sort of acidy smell, and even smokes if I try to fire it too many times. Here’s a word of warning: if you grab a sheet of paper to diffuse your flash, make sure it’s blank, and don’t hold it too close. I was fooling around taking pictures of my dog one day, and I decided that my in-camera flash needed to be diffused, so I quickly grabbed a sheet of paper off my desk and held it up in front of my camera. When the flash fired, I heard a loud bang and the flash started smoking. Turned out the paper was printed and some of the toner was actually in contact with my flash. The toner exploded when the flash fired, and now every time I try to use my flash it makes a sort of acidy smell, and even smokes if I try to fire it too many times.

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