Lensbaby

I am new to lensbaby & my Nikon D5000. I can take decent outdoor shots, but I can't get any indoor shots. Not sure if I need a manual flash for the camera or what I need. I would appreciate any help I can get. Thank you.

hi have you changed your white balance for indoor lighting!!

no. Guess I need to get the manual out for my camera. What should the white balance be set at?

depends what indoor lighting you have either tungston or florescent.. :)

You could also try a faster ISO. My D80's defalt ISO was set to 400. I bumped it up to 1600 for indoor/low-lighting situations...makes a big difference. :)

Funny guesses that each address a different problem, while none can have any clue as to what "can't get any indoor shots" means. Doesn't the camera fire at all? Do the images come out completely black? It is hard to think of a white balance issue that would cause one to not "get any shots"...

-mvuori-

A fair comment. I guess I was assuming it was simply an underexposure issue. I mean if he was getting something in the out of doors than he would get at least some kind of exposure indoors...however underexposed it might have been. I suppose he could have been shooting in a closet or something......

You may also want to try larger apertures: use f2.8 or f2.

you should try to adjust your sutter speed. around 10 or so should work.

if you are shooting still life, the slower you set your shutter(use a tripod), the more light it will take in over time... you can also use this technique to get some great special effects, with blur or light play.

Using an external flash instead of the pop up flash should help. Doesn't have to be a manual flash either, but the TTL won't work because LB's don't give any feedback. Just use the flash in it's auto mode, most have built in circuits to do this .

For anyone doing portrait work, use a bracket to get the flash high over the lens, you'll need one of those special hot shoe cords to attach it to, but that's the price you have to pay to get decent lighting.

Also try bouncing the light so it's not so flat or just use the on camera flash as fill light with another flash or off camera source as the main light .

Just remember great images are more about the lighting then just getting correct exposure .