Ahhh, the ringflash. This is fast becoming a favorite fad in the photography world, and there are about 50 posts on the flickr strobist group on how to build your own. I happen to have the Rayflash version, and I was using it to do something other than on axis fill. I was using it as a forground element to frame the photo with. Now this only works when using a really wide lens, such as the 15mm fisheye I was using, and even then, I had to pull the flash as far forward as I could in order to get the entire ring in the frame. I discovered this little idea on my Mexico trip, and I really like how it looks. Sure you could make white circles around an image in CS4, but something about doing it right there in camera is satisfying. These are a couple of shots of me and my wife goofing off in the studio with the ringflash.
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