dhroberts Loc: Boston, MA, USA

Elina is one of my favorite models; she is from Sweden, but visits the US regularly.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice!

Kaib795 Loc: Maryland, USA

Well she definitely has perfect skin, as far as I can tell. Did you have to rework her skin? My daughter is in her first year in High School and has the same perfect skin. Here is a quick shot of Christina posing for me so I could test a new flash. I have to grab any chance to shoot the kids as they tire of my photographing anything of interest which include them. LOL I'm sure she will break some hearts.

Shot taken as a SB-700 test using Nikon D7500, 35mm f1.4 lens, re-cropped to remove eye candy. This is her standard look. I'll include the original so you can see that not much was done in post (remember the original was a RAW file so it is a flat shot. I only made very light adjustments to get to the cropped shot). As for lighting, it was a bare flash but pointed 90 degrees to my right, aimed at where the ceiling meets the top of the wall --- thus spreading soft light from both areas. Amazing light on her. I was very pleased.

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SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio

The camera certainly loves her - very nice shot!

SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio

My SB 700 arrived yesterday and like you, I'll be pairing it with a D7500. We watched the DVD tutorial that came with it and I'm going to order a book as well - I'm going to be taking pictures for our church directory and am hoping this light will help produce more professional looking results.

Kaib795 Loc: Maryland, USA

It's a pricey little flash but in TTL it calculates everything for you. I took this shot in a bedroom with the walls close. In a church will present other issues as there are no walls to bounce off of. Some photographers even point the flash backwards to bounce from behind but again, you need a wall or even a ceiling (to shoot straight up). You may have to shoot forward and to get better results I'd get a light modifier. I like the MagMod as it's not too big and is soft in my bag (but because of the super magnets in it I don't put it in with my camera but in it's own bag with a light stand). If you can get the flash off the camera and up higher to the side your shots will look better. You can use your on board flash to trigger the off camera flash or get a transmitter system (I like Godox and have the X Pro with X1 receivers). It will cost a little but once you have it, it's a done deal and you're ready for anything. Oh and if you want to save money, get SB-600's on eBay for very little cash and get two or three so you can totally control light (with a Godox). I'd go in the church and take practice shots like the wedding photographers do so you know what gear you'll need. If it's just head shots you need, take them into a side room so you can use the bounce technique and you won't need a light modifier but eventually moving the flash off camera and using light modifiers will make a huge difference in your captures.

SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio

Wow! Thanks for all the information - I'm totally new at this! As for the upcoming church photoshoot, I'll be setting up in our fellowship hall which has a white 8' ceiling and will be placing people in front of a purchased neutral background which will have windows on either side supplying ambient light - these will be images of the "mug shot" variety rather than being artsy or creative as they are going to be used in a directory. I also intend to practice on my grandchildren before the actual shoot. Creativity will come later as I learn!