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As I mentioned, I took the new 20D down to a gig last night to try to get some shots of a friend's band. It didn't turn out quite how I'd hoped. In fact, I'm pretty disappointed with myself.
Before I go into detail, take a look at this picture of Killa Kela (beatboxer), taken by my friend Jeff (EOS 350D, onboard flash):
http://jeffmetal.com/photo/6.jpg
That pic inspired me and made me want to try my hand at gig stuff. Obviously I didn't expect to come away from last night with anything as good as that but I also wasn't expecting it to be as hard as I found it. I mainly tried to do long exposure stuff to pick up the colours of the stage lights. Typically around half a second shutter speed at about f/10 - f/13.
The vast majority of my shots (95%) fell into one of the following two categories:
Category one - People look bluey white and background is almost totally black.
Category two - Photo is just a mess of lights with little detail and people are blurred.
I'd really like to do stuff with the flash set at a lower power, so it emits less light. How do I do it on the 20D? I had a quick read about flash exposure compensation but does that actually alter the amount of light the flash puts out or does it just play with the exposure settings?
All help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Edit
Just a quick note to pre-empt (should that be hyphenated?) anyone wanting to advise me to get a flashgun.
A) I really can't afford it. Just bought the 20D and a monstorusly expensive pair of trainers in the same month. Plus the Sigma 10mm-20mm is likely to be my next photographic purchase, but that's still months away.
B) If Jeff can get pics like that using onboard then I'd rather learn to use it properly before I invest in any flash kit.
Before I go into detail, take a look at this picture of Killa Kela (beatboxer), taken by my friend Jeff (EOS 350D, onboard flash):
http://jeffmetal.com/photo/6.jpg
That pic inspired me and made me want to try my hand at gig stuff. Obviously I didn't expect to come away from last night with anything as good as that but I also wasn't expecting it to be as hard as I found it. I mainly tried to do long exposure stuff to pick up the colours of the stage lights. Typically around half a second shutter speed at about f/10 - f/13.
The vast majority of my shots (95%) fell into one of the following two categories:
Category one - People look bluey white and background is almost totally black.
Category two - Photo is just a mess of lights with little detail and people are blurred.
I'd really like to do stuff with the flash set at a lower power, so it emits less light. How do I do it on the 20D? I had a quick read about flash exposure compensation but does that actually alter the amount of light the flash puts out or does it just play with the exposure settings?
All help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Edit
Just a quick note to pre-empt (should that be hyphenated?) anyone wanting to advise me to get a flashgun.
A) I really can't afford it. Just bought the 20D and a monstorusly expensive pair of trainers in the same month. Plus the Sigma 10mm-20mm is likely to be my next photographic purchase, but that's still months away.
B) If Jeff can get pics like that using onboard then I'd rather learn to use it properly before I invest in any flash kit.