I think i done this purely out of sheer frustration of people i know complaining about pop up flash. I realise you would never ever use pop up flash when working as a pro as the higher end cameras do not come with a flash, and i realise a lot of the younger photographers think its cool to use pop up flash so i can see the frustrations on either side of the argument. But i rarely ever see or hear about people actually playing around with the pop up flash settings to use it to their advantage or bothering to actually use this feature properly.
Now i figure sinc i happen to have one on my camera im going to try it out, its a tool so I may as well use it. So I got my two sisters all made up (make up by me) set up a backdrop and my laptop to shoot tethered and away I go. The major fault that I personally don’t like about pop up flash is that it will always be from the same direction, there is no swivel and you can’t really bounce it, but I figure for basic portraits I won’t really need to do that.
I still have my camer on full manual mode but i do change the settings of the flash which can be down through the menu. I really do not want a harsh light, as the highlights on a persons skin can make or break a portrait to me, so i turn the flash down.