Apparent Light Size
I have been attempting the Strobist assignment on “apparent light size”. Here are my efforts with a toy mini and an apple:
I think with the apple I “got it”. The idea is that the bigger the light source the softer the shadow. On a sunny day the sun is a small (relative to the rest of the sky) light source and you get “hard” shadows. On a cloudy day the who sky is the light source (very big) and you get soft shadows.
I’m struggling with my equipment (I know, a bad workman always blames his tools). My cheap Chinese imported “ebay triggers” just don’t want to work with my Canon flash. I attempted to fix this with tin foil and a short sync lead - a little improvement but the camera has to be close to the receiver for it to work. I shall have to go “wired” until I can affort some Pocket Wizards. Any donations welcome 
