Using TTL

The other day, we had a couple inches of snow hit the area. If you know anything about Greenville, SC, you know we don't get snow very often....barely ever. Well, you can look at my flickr page to see pics from the snowfall, and the photo above is what typically happens when you get basically any type of winter precipitation in Upstate SC-----the power goes out. This is my son looking wistfully at the candles on the kitchen counter.....thank God for strobist and double A batteries!!



Anyway, in the last post, I talked about reverting back to using TTL mode for lighting. Well, my niece was having her 17th birthday today and I decided it would be a great time to try using it. Here are the results. All of these are taken with TTL, with one 580ex on camera, with my frosted Gary Fong Lightspere on top.


This one is bounced off the semiwhite carport roof.

This one's just out in the front yard.

Off the carport again.

This one's bounced off the open hatch of a Dodge Durango, with tan interior. I usually use a mid-high contrast setting on my black & white parameter.

I love the dynamic nature that this has allowed me to recapture in my photos. If you haven't tried using it, or a Lightspere, this will give you an idea of what you're missing.