chobit

Some of you may know that I have been using the Gary Fong LS since it first came out couple years ago.  (Cloud version).
Yes, it's expensive.., and I lost a couple of them before =( , yet it still worth every penny.
With experiece, you can simply do so much more with it on your flash, then using your flash alone.

The Con. side is that your battery recycle time can take much longer.  In my case, I use external battery pack in a wedding to compensate the down side.

chobit

The light balance is a non-issue if you shoot in Raw, but yes, it's sort of bulky, but then it's already so much better than bringing in reflectors or strobes =P

Sometimes, good photograpy do require the properly equipments preparation such as bringing a tripod, etc..!  However, they are all just tools.., and they won't do us any goods if we haven't learn how to use them.

Sometimes you can get good results from light modifiers but most of the time it's too bulky for me so I don't use any of these.  Another thing I find is that the white balance is different depening on ...
shutterbug 發表於 2009-5-15 11:10

chobit

What you said is true, and you probably don't want an modifier which cause to much of un-neccessary color cast.  The LSII doesn't seem to have any color cast issue, so that the good news.  Then pesronally, I bounce the flash whenever it is possible, therefore color cast caused by the wall or celling is so much more important.  But gain, shooting in Raw, and fill the area with the bounce light can minmize the color difference.

Then again, the flash itself is only a tool to help modify the lighting condition.  I am no expert.. and still learning, but one thing for sure, skills and expereice would be the key.

I am no expert.. and still learning

Actually I don't think the white balance is OK even in raw.  I tried this before.  The reason is that on some material it casts a cool light on my subject when the environment is say tungsten.  Altho ...
shutterbug 發表於 2009-5-15 15:01

chobit

I don't have time to find any samples, but pretty much 9x% of my photos are Flash+LSII.
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And here are some samples: http://www.pbase.com/freelancerf ... photos&page=all

chobit

Wow.. I thought I have a good collection of diffuser, but you sure have more!!

I have one of those relatively large ones (not as big as your largest), they sure do work well well you do direct flash, when there is no where else to bounce =D

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