Friday I went with Clare to a dinner gathering of alumni, faculty and administrators from the university’s College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at her boss’s house. When I sat down with my plate, I was sitting with a photojournalism professor, a photography professor and an alumnus who works for Canon. (Talk about intimidating when the conversation gets to photography!) The two professors were talking about students they each have had in a class and the students’ attitude about using flash.
Apparently some of the students are like me: they suck at flash photography. (At this point in the conversation, I am completely silent, of course!) One of the professors said that it’s sad really. How many good images have they missed because they haven’t learned how to use the flash effectively as a tool? It would be like a carpenter not using a hammer. Hmm. That’s a way to look at it.
So I have taken that to heart and want to get out of my comfort zone and into a non-comfort, flash zone. Here’s a flash shot. (Yeah, sure, it’s partly a desperation shot: time = 10 p.m…, though not 10:57 as shown at right. I forgot to change the time on my camera with the reversion to “standard time” two nights ago.) To get more interesting shadows and layers, I bounced the flash off the ceiling. It looks a little dark, but I’m not going to play with it in PS. Cropped slightly and name added.
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