Is there anyway to make flash photos less flat and nasty????

sovietpop

besides shelling out money for a flash that bounces the light off the roof?

Is there anything you can do by fiddling with the f-stop, shutterspeed or film speed, any fancy tricks?

mauvais

I don't do much flash photography. Depends what camera you have really. If you can do slow flash, it might help a little - essentially fill flash to freeze motion or the foreground but the rest of the shot is still as normal.

Also I suppose you could experiment with a (DIY?) diffuser - Tupperware or something in front of the flash.

SoreenKid

masking tape or that magic tape that is translucent

softens the flash a little and preserves the skin tones better

http://www.oxygenkiosk.net/php-cgi/v/junk/teeps-hat.jpg.html

sovietpop

do you put masking tape over the flash? (sorry if this is a dim question). Ta for the tips - I have a cannon g5, but find it frustrating at low light levels. Will have a look at the manual and see if it does slow syncro or owt like that.
(that link doesn't seem to work)

SoreenKid

Yup, directly over the flash. I have no idea about the Canon G5, sorry. I have a strict aversion to Canon

p.s link works here

wraeth

Link isn't working still

edit: checked your website - the gallery is down

SoreenKid

Yeah, I forgot I changed the name servers so o2kiosk will be in germany by tomorrow