Saturday, November 9, 2013

Love Is In the Air (and the SB 700 Speedlight Off-Camera)


Congratulations to our daughter and her husband on the birth of their little girl.  All are doing great as they experience a whole other kind of love and wonder. 


Knowing the hospital room was dark I brought the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 along for its large aperture.  Besides, I really like this lens.  I also grabbed the SB 700 flash just in case - and am I glad I did.  I had only started to experiment with this a little more recently.  One thing I learned just this week was how to disable the built-in camera flash while using the SB 700 off-camera. Some of these shots were taken with the SB 700 mounted on the camera and bouncing light off the ceiling and a few were taken with the SB 700 hand-held with my left hand while shooting with the right or my wife held the flash while I snapped away.  While I like bouncing light for a uniform, soft lighting effect I really like the look of the off-camera flash here for the contrast it provided.  Good stuff.  I'm gonna have fun with this.  Let me know what you think.















6 comments:

  1. Made my heart melt and brought tears to my eyes. You got great shots honey.

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    1. Thanks, hon. It's all about the photo and the emotion it evokes. Glad this little series works.

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  2. Beautiful photos! Great work!

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    1. Thank you, Linda. Very kind of you to say.

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