Spring is actually here, believe it or not. One of my annual spring-time activities is a walk through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. I challenge myself each time I visit to see something new-- some detail or some new perspective that I haven't photographed before. It gets harder every year as my coverage of the grounds gets more complete while the scenery remains mostly unchanged. Even so, I look forward to each visit because I get...
As a rule, the BIGGER the light source you can light a subject with, the more flattering the image will be.
Swivel that flash to 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock positions to find walls to bounce light onto your subject, rather than hitting them squarely with the flash head, which effectively is a much smaller light source than a wall. An alternative is to point the light straight up at a ceiling, which if low enough will be better than the...