Day 32 - Wednesday, May 23, 2012

One of the reasons why I really like the D7000 is the dual SD-Card slots.  I have mine set up to shoot the RAW's on my 16 GB card, and JPEG's on my 8 GB card.  I rarely use my JPEG's anymore, as there are much more of a dynamic range that I can tap into with shooting RAW.  That being said, tonight's picture is actually the JPEG as it came out of my camera.

My shot tonight was in the complete dark--I rigged up my SB-600 off to the side of the frame (camera right.)  I triggered it via slaved pop-up flash, redirecting it with a notecard.  Here are some things I noticed tonight.

1. I really need to invest in a lightstand for my off camera flash.  Using velco bands to try to hold the flash up is a real pain in the butt.
2. I need to invest in a hot shoe sync cords.  I don't have money for pocket wizards, but being able to reliably trigger my  off camera flash would be GREAT.

Tonight I bumped up my ISO to 400--I wanted to catch more light and I was already at my slowest sync speed possible.


Edit:  Below is my picture as it came out of my camera shooting RAW.  I really need to find a plugin that automatically does the JPEG look.