"Can not Help with the settings as I think that is a combination of learned experience and adapting to the environment.
As for what to bounce off of I have good success making a bounce card
http://www.themoment2cherish.com/DIY-Bounce-Card/"
For people who own Nikon cameras and lenses. It doesn't matter if it's SLR or point and shoot. This group is for discussion on your experiences with having a Nikon camera.
"I enter various ones as a means to push me to shoot things and ideas that I would not normally get the chance to do. Most teh stuff I enter is just your run of the mill online contests through various web sites I frequent. But if I see a topic or…"
"Obvious ones that seem to be the bandwagon
Joey Lawerence
Denis Piel
Chase Jarvis
Joe Mcnally
Not so known people doing stuff that I like
Vasko Miokovic http://www.thephoto.ca/
Bob Patterson Jr. http://www.modelmayhem.com/606606"
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