Fujifilm X-E5 Fill Flash: Testing the Godox iT32 Outdoors (July Set 2 of 15)
Set two of fifteen. A cooler, quieter one by the lake at golden hour: putting my new Godox iT32 flash through its paces on the Fujifilm X-E5, on my own, and seeing what a touch of fill actually does.
I went down to the water around 6 pm with a clear plan: shoot out on the pier in that low, warm, late-day sun and let golden hour do half the work. The lake had other ideas. The waves were crashing right over the pier, so my hero location was gone before I'd taken a single frame.
So I did what you do when the plan falls apart on location: I moved. Back to the rocks at the edge, tucked into shade instead of that open golden light I'd come for. And that one forced change is the whole story of this set, because shade plus a bright sky behind me meant I was going to come out dim and flat. The flash stopped being the thing I was casually testing and became the thing saving the shot. Set two of fifteen, and the lesson wrote itself: bring more than you think you'll need, because the spot you planned for isn't always the spot you get.
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