Black spot on subject faces

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12-30-2012 01:17 AM
I have had several instances of a dark spot as if the person had a black eye show up on both my Canon 40D and 60D when using flash, indoors. Could that be caused by the sunshield being left on the lens?
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12-30-2012 01:35 AM - edited 12-30-2012 01:45 AM
Do you mean "lens hood"?
An improperly narrow lens hood would cause a dark ring around the edges of the photo. If the hood has "leaves" or "petals" it could have dim spots in irregular places.
Is this a Canon lens? If so, are these the correct Canon lens hoods for the particular lens? If you have a mis-matched lens and lens hood, that might be an issue?
But another issue could be unflattering shadows from on-camera direct flash? One's oen nose or forehead will cast ugly shadows on a subject's face. You probably already know this, but if you bounce your flash off the ceiling or a neutral wall, then it decreases these shadows a lot.
Also helpful is the use of a reflector. You can pay $60.00 for a collapsible reflector, or you can get the same one on Ebay (Chinese) for like $10.00) Position the reflector to cast bounced flashor reflected sunlight up onto the subject and you are good to go.
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12-30-2012 07:05 AM - edited 12-30-2012 07:06 AM
Could you post some samples of the black spots?
