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It's been quite a while since I last shot photographs out in an open park. Unfortunately an intrusive pro photographer disrupted my rhythm and mood in shooting and learning. He kept yelling at me to shoot with the flash set at manual. But it is already at manual. I just ignored the guy and finally he approached me. So I told him that the flash is in manual mode. Now he wants me to shoot with the flash set at full power. At that point I decided to stop shooting and pack up. I'm not going to learn anything from that guy. He just assumes things without any basis. He literally blocked my view. He wants me to set the flash to a specific setting without knowing what my shutter speed, apperture, ISO and seemingly don't care about the flash distance. He didn't even see what the test shot's exposure and histogram looks like. I've learned a lot from random photogs suggesting things, but the others explain the "why" and not just shove a parameter down my neck lik...

Sometimes we're afraid to let the kids use our gadgets. Just teach them how to take care of it, how to use it properly and let them loose. You'll be surprised with what they come up with. These were taken by my 6 year old niece, Alysa. Model is her older sister:

1/2 second shutter speed The flash freezes the person. On darker places, you can use even longer exposures and let the flash be sort of your shutter to stop the action.