I was given a rare opportunity to re-shoot a client. Seems new folks joined the company since last shoot. I revisited the original shoot and thought how to shoot better. Of course, my main thought going into AND after the shoot was securing a good flash. Since it'll be about $450 I've waited. Still, I needed something just a little bit better than my on-camera flash. I finally just headed to Best Buy (gift certificate) and bought an open-box Canon "baby" flash (270ex) for about a C-note. I'm surprised at it's power. It'll certainly help with portraits and other close-up situations but more importantly, it'll let me get the flash OFF the camera so I'm happy.
The re-shoot went great and I'm much happier with having had the flash to use rather than relying on the overhead florescent lights.
I also brought my reflector which was very useful. However, gotta say, using that 43" disc by myself and position g it where I wanted it wasn't easy. Gotta work on a good solution.
