#13 Wildlife

Yeah, I know it's not the same pose as the Daily Chuck...but it seemed to fit the bill;)

Now then...photog. talk. To shoot inside, I raised the ISO to 500ish. My question...is it OK to use the flash on the camera? I don't know why, but I have it in my head that all you really good photographers are anti-flash:/ Am I right on that? 'Cause let's face it...time is gonna come where I'm inside, wanting to take a picture, without the spotlights...

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  1. I think this is his way of flicking you off for photo shoots 1 through 12. =>

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  2. I love it! I do not use my flash indoors and have to dial up the ISO to 1600 and beyond.
    xoxo,t

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  3. Doesn't dialing up the ISO that much leave you with a grainy picture? Is it OK to just crank it up?

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  4. HAHAHAHAHA!! I love this pose! I looked at some Smokey pics before my screening to calm me down & make me giggle! Worked! It depends on the lighting for flash use indoors. Flourescents + flash is usually pretty harsh.

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  5. I found something online called the light scoop. As long as you don't have a really high ceiling it relflects the flash up. It was inexpensive, and if you get the one with the tinted mirror, it softens the light too. I am anti flash inside too, but sometimes you gotta use it.

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  6. If you crank up the ISO, be sure to use a tripod, it helps a little, especially is you have a timer or cable release to lessen shake.

    I don't like flash indoors either.

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  7. Get an external flash that attaches. Make sure it is one that changes angles, so you can point it away from the subject. It will provide light without mucking up the depth and quality of the shot.

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  8. Turning up the ISO, THE greatest advantage digital has over film, will introduce 'noise' - how much depends on the camera and the ISO you go to. Higher ISO means greater potential for noise. The older the camera, the more that 'noise' effect is accentuated.

    Shooting flash indoors, on purpose, would mean controlled circumstances - controlled light. Reflectors and attenuators and all that. Otherwise, you're taking snapshots, not photographs.

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  9. If you've seen my latest shots I posted to Facebook, you know that I cranked the ISO up wayyyyy too far for those indoor shots. We live on a lake and the entire front of our house, and about 1/3 of each side, is ALL windows. So I ASSumed if I cranked the ISO and did NOT use the flash, I'd be OK. I had a couple of reflectors set up, and even after adjusting the ISO and shooting in RAW and fooling with stuff in post-processing, the images still came out crappy. I am NOT happy.

    I really hate dealing with the flash. REALLY hate it. And I am not joining a local strobists club because that's even more stuff I have to cram inside my head. I'm sticking with natural light as much as I can. When I use the flash indoors and don't have any spotlights or reflectors set up, it just makes everything shiny and look overexposed.

    Although, after reading CaraBee's suggestion, I might just bite the bullet and take her suggestion...although those external flashes are expensive, it might prevent me from ending up with subjects that look like they need to powder their nose.

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