We all love existing light but sometimes there just isn’t enough of it and we need some help. Our little wonder flash on our camera can provide so much firepower it’s amazing sometimes. Have you ever had your shot all ready to go, use your flash and when you look at your picture you either got ghosts as people because the light was so strong and overwhelming or you end up with those red-eyed people.
If you have an additional flash that can be mounted on top of the camera you’ve got some new skills you can learn. Bouncing your flash, using various diffusers and even lowering the power of the flash to accomodate your picture can all be strategies to get the picture you’re trying for. But those extra flashes can be expensive and most people don’t have that.
So for everyone that only has a flash that’s part of your camera let’s get creative and try using different modes to test our flashes.
Assignment #5 – Use your flash for your assignment pictures. You’ll probably be able to see the results best if you use it indoors. I encourage you to take pictures near and far to get used to your flash. Keep in mind, composition and depth of field — still important details for flash photography. If you have an extra flash go crazy! Try bouncing it and using it at all different angles and see if you get some interesting effects. Make sure when you send your pictures at the end of the month you talk about your likes, dislikes, problems encountered and things you wish your flash did that you’re not able to achieve. Adding links to your other pictures would be great too. Send your pictures anytime!
For an optional assignment – I’m going to post instructions with pictures or maybe a little video showing you how to make a diffuser for your on the camera flash so that we can experiment with softer flash. For cameras that are not slr’s – I’m going to try and figure something out there too! Stay tuned – I’ll make sure I send an email when I have the optional assignment ready.
If you have any questions or want to talk through anything please don’t hesitate to email or better yet start the conversation here in the comments to this post. 
