Ruaridh

[Keltic Ice Man]

I have just built a background holder out of a lighting T bar and a few bits of wood, just finished it and set it up and along came my first victim, the youngest ready for bed.

I used the off camera flash (cobra 700AF - with pins manually removed :D ), and bounced it off a reflector - had the nifty fifty lens on (just as couldn't be bothered changing).

Any thoughts - good / bad / indifferent ? He suffers badly from exzema and like most kids a permanent dirty face

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/ruaridh.jpg

Thanks for looking

Allan

[Gandhi]

So is that pronounced 'rory' then?

I really like this, it's nice and simple.

I would've turned the power down on the flash a touch though, it seems just a touch too harsh to me.

Other than than that, can't offer a lot advice etc. :)

[Keltic Ice Man]

thanks Spencer.

yer its the gaelic form of Rory - pronounced like Brewery but with an R.

Can't turn the flash power down I'm afraid - as I only have the shoot pin left and no adjustment other than bounce angle and shutter speed

[Catdaddy]

Agreed, it is nice and simple. If you can't turn the flash power down, you could always move it further back... or reduce the aperture.

Good photo though! :)

[IanC_UK]

agree with the other guys :) flash feels a bit harsh, hmmm if you cant turn the flash down, maybe do as the others suggest, or maybe able to diffuse it a little ?

[Hoodi]

As others have said, fun shot, just a touch harsh on the right :)

He looks like a cool kid!

[Marianne]

a bit of tissue and an elastic band over the flash used to work for my MUM...he's a cute wee lad and i love the spelling of his name, found myself saying Rewery out loud a few times, good job Barry's still snoring :lol:

[Keltic Ice Man]

Thanks guys - Excellent advice!

First stop I'll try the aperture - whilst sat at work I'm trying to work out do I go down towards f2 or up towards f22 to get less light - one part of my brain says up towards f22.

The tissue paper idea - Great - I take it the heat of the flash doesn't set fire to the paper.

Marianne - all the boys have quite unusual names - Colum patric (as in Columba but some folk call him callum by mistake) , Aidan Connall and Ruaridh Fintan. - all from St Columba, St Aidan and St Fintan - all celtic saints.

[Catdaddy]

Cool names!

No, the flash won't set fire to the tissue paper, and yes, to let in less light, you 'go up towards f/22'