Little Fairy

mcgregni · 04-02-2018, 01:52 PM - **2 Likes**

A rare chance to grab a few portraits today ...... here's one, easily set up with our youngest (and last!) on the table. Lit with on-camera flash only, bounced from the side wall and flagged.

K7, D-FA 28-105mm, AF-540FGZII - F9.5, ISO200, 1/180th, P-TTL with -0.3 compensation

I still find a single flagged on-camera flash an amazing tool .....gets me shots that I'd never catch if I needed to set up off-camera flashes!

**pschlute** · 04-02-2018, 02:41 PM

Nice one nigel. Can you elaborate a bit about where you place the flag.

mcgregni · 04-02-2018, 02:51 PM - **2 Likes**

Hi Peter. ... That's the set up for vertical oriented shooting ....I tend to tilt the flash head forwards and a little upwards , and set a manual flash zoom of 24mm.

**pschlute** · 04-02-2018, 02:56 PM

Thanks Nigel. i get it. I had visions of your wife running around holding up a tea towel as your flag !

mcgregni · 04-03-2018, 01:34 AM

Ha! We’d be lucky to find a tea towel in our place. If could somehow combine doing dishes with photography I might get more shots done .....

Regarding the flash zoom setting, it depends mainly on the size of the flag I think. Not much point setting it too wide as the flag will channel the light outwards anyway. But too narrow a flash beam seems to lose power I find .....the same for general bounce situations as well I’ve found.

04-02-2018, 01:52 PM - 2 Likes	#1
mcgregni Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 2,551	Little Fairy A rare chance to grab a few portraits today ...... here's one, easily set up with our youngest (and last!) on the table. Lit with on-camera flash only, bounced from the side wall and flagged. *K7, D-FA 28-105mm, AF-540FGZII - F9.5, ISO200, 1/180th, P-TTL with -0.3 compensation* I still find a single flagged on-camera flash an amazing tool .....gets me shots that I'd never catch if I needed to set up off-camera flashes!

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04-02-2018, 02:41 PM	#2
pschlute Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,541	Nice one nigel. Can you elaborate a bit about where you place the flag.

04-02-2018, 02:51 PM - 2 Likes	#3
mcgregni Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 2,551 Original Poster	Hi Peter. ... That's the set up for vertical oriented shooting ....I tend to tilt the flash head forwards and a little upwards , and set a manual flash zoom of 24mm.

04-02-2018, 02:56 PM	#4
pschlute Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,541	Thanks Nigel. i get it. I had visions of your wife running around holding up a tea towel as your flag !

04-03-2018, 01:34 AM	#5
mcgregni Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 2,551 Original Poster	Ha! We’d be lucky to find a tea towel in our place. If could somehow combine doing dishes with photography I might get more shots done ..... Regarding the flash zoom setting, it depends mainly on the size of the flag I think. Not much point setting it too wide as the flag will channel the light outwards anyway. But too narrow a flash beam seems to lose power I find .....the same for general bounce situations as well I’ve found.