>*>        One way I've had good success with is aiming the flash at the
>ceiling
>*>(assuming a white ceiling of course). If done right the picture looks like
>*>it was shot under natural light. Obviously you have to adjust for the
>*>reduced flash intensity, both because of the diffusion and because of the
>*>extra distance. TTYL
>
>You also need a slaved fill flash from below also diffuse, or else the
>subject will have no detail under the nose, eyebrows, etc.
>
>Peter

You can also cheat take a rubber band and a few pieces of tissue and band them
loosely over the flash so they diffuse the light and you don't get the
bride of Frankenstein look.

Dave

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