Okay, I've been working on this for awhile since I think I understand Canon's flash system. Before I submit this tutorial to the Site, I'd like some other eyes to look at it first.
I don't have example pictures yet, I still have to figure out what I want. My thought was to find something in a low light situation that I can photograph moving and not moving. Any ideas would be helpful. I tried using a rocking-horse, but not only would it rock, it would also move/rock out of the frame.
I worry a little, where you say that the flash "blasts away", that some might associate a negative connotation to it. Example from your tutorial:
"Flash in M Mode: Since you pick the shutter speed and aparature, the flash will blast away depending on the ambient light. Like P Mode, if there a lot of ambient light, it'll will only use enough light to fill. If you have no ambient light, the flash will blast away until it uses all it's power."
Some may interpret this as a bad thing. Like the harsh looking flash pictures we're all familiar with. This "blasting" has nothing to do with the camera being in M mode. The flash will deliver the "appropriately metered quantity of light" depending on the distance to subject and aperture. If the aperture is too small, or the subject too far away, then yes ... the flash will "blast" a lot of light. Otherwise, in a setting where the subject is within proper shooting distance I don't think i would use the word "blast" to describe how the subject is being lit.
Is it just me, or do all the pictures are belong to red X's?
I am interested in this since I have never changed the settings much or read the manual on my 580ex. Hopefully have some time to go through it and experiment in the next week or so (after I make some of Cindi's backdrops). Looking forward to it.
Is it just me, or do all the pictures are belong to red X's?
Yes, the images aren't there. I haven't created them yet. I wanted to get the copy correct before I work on the pictures.
I'm trying to figure out what to take.
My thought was I want to take the same 2 pictures. One would be static (no movement) and the other would be non-static (with movement). I'm trying to illustrate between the 2 for each setting.
For the static, I was thinking of a standard portrate of someone (maybe even a woodie).
I'm not quite certain what to do with the non-static picture. I first thought of a rocking horse, but it keeps on rocking out of the seen. I'm thinking of a pendulum.
