kdietz
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shoot in manual.....f8 and 1/1000.....back off shutter speed if it's too dark
Karl
Karl
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catherine96821:Cole slaw lids make great diffusers. the milky white plastic ones. Or drink lids stacked.
WadeGuthrie:I'm a little confused. I thought that shutter speed was supposed to alter the background when using a strobe rather than the foreground (keeping in mind, here, that all my knowledge is from reading-up rather than experience). Does that not apply to macro photography or is there something else I'm missing?
WadeGuthrie:I'm a little confused. I thought that shutter speed was supposed to alter the background when using a strobe rather than the foreground (keeping in mind, here, that all my knowledge is from reading-up rather than experience). Does that not apply to macro photography or is there something else I'm missing?
Again, thanks for all your help!
I don't know much about digital cameras and from what I've been hearing, I have to ask: Why is a digital shutter so different from a film shutter? With film, you have to sync the shutter speed with the strobe, but in digital you don't have to? And is the flash duration so long with a digital strobe that you can use a higher shutter speed to cut out some of the flash? By the way, for a diffuser, I've used white plastic grocery bags held on with a rubber band. They do make the light a bit warmer, but I've realised it's hard to find a "homemade" diffuser that doesn't shift the colour abit. It's usually too small of a difference to notice though.kdietz:When shooting WA, the SS and aperture do control the background (ambient light) and the strobes light the foreground/subject....this gives balanced lighting. When shooting macro, all the light is from the strobes and that's why you should adjust shutter speed or strobe power/distance (you've already maxed out your aperture at f8) to control the light in the scene.
Karl
swankenstein:I don't know much about digital cameras and from what I've been hearing, I have to ask: Why is a digital shutter so different from a film shutter? With film, you have to sync the shutter speed with the strobe, but in digital you don't have to? And is the flash duration so long with a digital strobe that you can use a higher shutter speed to cut out some of the flash? By the way, for a diffuser, I've used white plastic grocery bags held on with a rubber band. They do make the light a bit warmer, but I've realised it's hard to find a "homemade" diffuser that doesn't shift the colour abit. It's usually too small of a difference to notice though.