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Tonya Cozart

why did this happen?

HI
I photographed my second wedding last weekend, and while creatively thie pictures turned out really well, I had some SERIOUS lighting issues. I used my film Nikon n65. Some pics with attatched sb600 flash, some with only the on-camera flash. The photos I am asking about were with the flash unit. These photos are the same essentially, one is horizontal and one vertical. They were taken back to back, only re-composing for different view. As you can see, the vertical view is shaded awful! It is almost like a line drawn down the middle. The thing is, MANY of the pictured turned out this way. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why. I did have some problems with my camera...if I can explain it, I remember it happening on this pic, and it happened several times throughout the wedding, some of the other photos that look like this I remember this trouble...when I would go to click the shutter, NOTHING!. It would not take the pic. I would push it 2-3 times and it would finally take. I never did figure out why, it has never happened, nor has this problem with my pics. I am new to the flash, but did practice and got no results like this. Also, on another note, quickly, I had LOTS of background shadows that I thought the flash was supposed to fix..should I have bounced it? Maybe not used it? I used 400iso. Lastly, 2 rolls of the film were damaged, my guess is old. The pics are very grainy...is there ANY way to fix this at all? I am not having much luck in photoshop, is there a way to go back to the negs? I figure I am stuck with it, but it is worth asking. Thanks in advance for any help, I am so confused. I did not charge for the wedding, it was for very close friends, but I would like to help undo some of this damage if I can, and for sure know what heppend so it wont again.

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October 12, 2005

Kerry L. Walker

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