Springtime is officially here, of course, but the wind still has a rather cool edge to it. In fact, we had an inch or two of snow this morning. But this afternoon, EV asked if she could fly her lady-bug kite which is something I hadn't considered. We didn't stay out long but were glad for the few minutes of fresh, cool air--a very good idea on EV's part.
18mm, 1/125th of a second, f/11, ISO 200, on-axis fill flash @ full power manual (built-in flash).
I can't remember the last time I used the built-in flash on my camera. All that reading at the strobist.com got me into the mindset that off-camera flash is the only way to go--always. But thinking back, even David Hobby talked about using on-axis fill from time to time.
So this is how this revelation came to me. I saw this image but couldn't seem to get EV exposed right because the bright sky tricked the camera's meter into underexposing her. My first thought was, "I should run in and grab a flash..." Then I realized that probably wouldn't fly--the light would change, EV might get too cold to stay out once I finally got the flash, and like most, I have my lazy moments. So I decided to try the built-in flash. At first I had it set to TTL mode and that did essentially nothing. Then I tried manual 1/4 power. Still nothing. Manual full power, and this is what we got. I guess that little flash can be handy after all and does not ALWAYS make that I-made-this-shot-with-my-point-and-shoot-in-full-automatic-mode look. You just have to know when to use it and juice it way up.
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