Quote Originally Posted by andnowimbroke


Scaleusa, I'm going to be getting a flash...someday... when I'm not broke. Will it reach that far? I'm pretty new to all this. I guess it will. Twenty feet is all it would have to go and that should be do-able.



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There is a simple tool to attach to your flash called the better beamer. i've read about it, but never used one until today. It increases the range of your flash by about 3X by focusing the light into a tighter beam. They cost about $40.00.


When mine came in the mail this morning, I tried it out right away. It does fill in nicely, which is necessary if there are shadows.





Here is a shot without flash. Bright sun, harsh lighting with lots of shadows, no matter how hard I tried to minimize them in lightroom.












The second one is taken with the flash, and shadows are much less of a issue, even with no manipulation.