Catpiano

Light balance is still an ISSUE .. but not that huge ... WITHOUT flash ...  

However, which flash ..  still an issue ..   as SB said ..  if WARM back ground .. and then POWERFUL flash ...  u get TWO different  WB / temp ...  which is no good .. ( unless u do it by purpose )

For wedding photography ..   you need consistency .. some .. and many diffusor will affect the metering as well ...  

I like to add "gel" to my diffusor as well .. ^_^

chobit

I don't have time to find any samples, but pretty much 9x% of my photos are Flash+LSII.
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And here are some samples: http://www.pbase.com/freelancerf ... photos&page=all

shutterbug

Oh thanks for sharing your clients' photos, I'll digest them tonight

Catpiano

Yeah .. home now ..  baby is sleeping ... some free time now .. lol

Just going to go though few different Diffuser / Reflector ..

Few common Diffuser :

Right one: Gary Fong Slurpee cup ..  which actually work very well, but it just pure ugly, and big, not bad to use at home, friends' party etc.

Middle 2 : built in with flash light diffusor/Omni work well, easy to use, look factory, and accurate .. however, won't really make light SOFTER .... easy to use with bounce too.

Left : the famous SOCK style diffuser, work about the same as the omni, but with extra silver insert, and good for wide angle too ..  light, cheap, easy to use, not bad looking.

^_^

Catpiano

Popular small size "Reflector" :

Those are the common one, and there are much more different one .. some are in weird shape ..  I have one in "BALLON" shape as well, but lazy to blow it up, and it doesn't work well anyway.

The left one is the one I like to use most, Reflector + diffuser together, and you can change the insert as the second picture, make light really soft, great for skin tone/wedding.

Catpiano

   

Left: Bigger size reflector/Diffuser, provide even softer light and cover wider area, however, it is big in size, so many not be convenience, not that great for Show/event with lots of photographer, however, for wedding picture, if you are the main guy, or not many photographers, it is a very good tool. the down side is, will use up a lots of battery, ideal to use with battery pack.

Middle : my favorite 20/80 reflector, great for chinese resturant, (low ceiling) which offer bounce+reflect+widen light, can also add the diffuser screen, to make light softer as well, it is also small and light, very handy.

Right one : the most simpe DIY reflector, somehow, works great! just not decent looking, but basically FREE ..  you can cut whatever shape and curve to your need.

Catpiano

This one here, is the over size diffuser, work just like a mini soft box, ( available in different size too, but the smalll one works very similar to the Omni diffusor )
Very good result, very soft lighting, min shadow ..  however, it is just too big, and will " LOOSE " all the time ..  I pretty much give up using this one.

Catpiano

This is a silly looking one ...  but probably the best one for built in flash ..... (if you dont want to carry your external flash)

It can be FOLDED into a very small size too ..  

However, I think it looks like something for prevent "EE LEAK"  ...

shutterbug

CP...you're so "king"

Catpiano

King ?   

" One King 2 queen " ?  lol