. . . and if you are going through St. John, stop and see the reversing falls . . . fascinating!

That would be Truro

Ooooops! . . . and another one bites the dust!

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You bet!! . . . Nova Scotia is a right good place to be!

[quote=bobmcculloch]It's not a done deal yet but the wife and I are thinking about driving to Nova Scotia, want to see the Bay of Fundy and Peggy's Cove, that's basically the only things on the menu right now, looking for advice, places to add to the itinerary, and general knowledge, Thanks in advance if I don't say it later, Bob.[/quote


Raised in Nova Scotia until age 19. It is the 2nd most beautiful province in Canada . . . you can't run out of things to see unless you are blind in one eye and can't see out of the other! ENJOY!

I think the internet is full enough of weirdos without having them infiltrate a photo forum, hiding behind a "dot" and being from nowhere. Personally I'll just dodge conversations containing weirdos. Carry on "."

What is your User ID ? Are we talking to ourselves?

There you go . . . the Lite Genius Peri-Scoop . . . the mirrored tube with the diffuser on top . . . up-up and away from the camera!

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The replies above pretty well cover the fact that a "pop-up" flash on a point and shoot camera just does not have enough power to modify or manipulate. If your "point & shoot" has a hot shoe, then a hot shoe flash can be added with the extra power needed for effective modifiers.

The best suggestions above are . . .

"You can also trigger an off camera speedlight or mono light that has an optical trigger."

"A more practical way would be to put your Nikon Speedlites in slave mode triggered by the P&S flash and either get some good modifiers for them or bounce them off large white surfaces (wall, ceiling, folder-up reflector, etc.). Cumbersome, but doable."

I can add to these by suggesting that the pop-up flash be diverted to another direction or reduced with tissue so that it does not compete with the light of the off-camera slave flashes. The light from the pop-up should be used only to fire the slaves.

If you wait to get the latest/greatest of anything in the electronics or photography field . . . you will never buy anything! Checking what's available after you've made the purchase of your choice is called "lookin' up the donkey's butt!"

#9 for creativity!

Congrats Jim-Pops . . . nice job!

#2 . . . . nicely done!

Agree with almost all of bkyser's statements . . . but I don't think times are changing all that much.

I shot my first wedding in 1960 . . . and the last one last month. With hundreds of weddings under my belt, I have only been restricted from using flash twice. In both cases the brides and grooms were extremely unhappy, and had they known before booking the church and paying their deposits, would have chosen different venues. After all . . . they were their weddings and not that of the officiates.
Over the years there was a number of "churches" that had restrictions that were easily persuaded to allow flash from the pro photographers only, with just a little negotiation. In fact, it is not the rule of the "churches", but that of the officiates who love to control. (I'll probably catch some flack for that statement)

I think that what we all have to keep in mind, as photographers or guests, is that the wedding is for the bride and groom. The photographers have to remember that they are not the most important part of the event . . . and the guests are not invited to critique the choices of the bride and groom, but to share the joy of the day.

Just my humble opinion of course . . .

Very nice job! Congrats!