At the end of December I was faced with a challenge...a large family with several of its members in from out of town in the freezing cold winter, on a Sunday. We didn't really have any public locations we could go to because most of them would be closed on a Sunday. Luckily we found someone's home large enought to get everyone in. Also luckily...we had white ceilings to bounce light off of. Now I usually say I HATE USING MY FLASH...and, well, I do. I dread it. It will either flatten the tones....leaving little/no contrast and a dull image...or it will create horribly harsh shadows making the image look really unnatural...or in the case of color images, it will create a warmer cast than I would prefer. That being said, these images had all the desirable conditions for using a flash. To anyone who wants to know, though, I reccommend avoid direct flash most costs! I realize there are moments when you just need to get the shot and it is what it is, but if at all possible, bounce that flash...aka, do not use your on camera flash, invest in something nice that can be attached and its head can swivel, rotate and flip up. That was longer than I anticipated. wow.
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