And here we go.. Finally got a flash!

[jason.moseley]

So I finally got a 580exII and a nifty fifty in for my 40d. I'm ready for some fun! :clap

I took some samples last night and left the white balance on Auto, but everything has a red hue to it. I'm shooting under compact fluorescents but with the flash, that shouldn't matter that much right? Our ceiling and walls I bounced off of are white and beige-y, respectively.

Thanks for any assistance!

For reference: my daughters' hair is medium-to-dark brown. Not red! :dunno

http://moseley.smugmug.com/Moseley-Family/Charlie/Charlie-2010/IMG9452/786508023_RXdUZ-XL.jpg

http://moseley.smugmug.com/Moseley-Family/Jax/2010/IMG9508/786507012_Knb8f-XL.jpg

http://moseley.smugmug.com/Moseley-Family/Charlie/Charlie-2010/IMG9466/786508509_LaXiB-XL.jpg

-Jason

[Swartzy]

Shoot in RAW, take a custom WB...and gel your flash to better match the ambient light in the room.

[adbsgicom]

The lights matter relative to how much work the flash is doing. First, the flash will try to light to a +0EV level, so if your camera thinks it is -2EV of ambient then the flash kicks in 2EV worth. Now, if you camera is metering at +0EV then the flash doesn't need to kick in much so your ambient will greatly effect the image, and the CF light will be mixing with the cooler light of the flash.

If you shot these in RAW, then you can likely get decent results by adjusting the White Balance in your RAW processor. You can still adjust the color balance for jpg, it is just more flexible (i.e., the data hasn't been processed down) when the file is still in RAW.

Looks like she warmed up to posing for you as the shoot went on. Cute kids!