I love getting new toys!

I picked up a new Canon 580EX II speedlight on Saturday. While my existing Canon flash was pretty good, I could use a flash with a little more power.

I shot girls fast-pitch softball tonight. I normally don’t use a flash with this type of event, but the shadows get pretty deep late in the day. I love to shoot at F2.8 to blur out the background and focus on the players, and it helps me to get a pretty fast shutter speed to stop the motion too. With the high-speed sync option on the 580 I was able to add a little fill light to the girls to brighten up the deep shadows.

I am starting to go through the images now, but so far I like what I see!