poll: what is it, footsie Friday today?
almost in every picture that had a lot of lighting my nose looked swollen. Shadows define. Without them your mind has no reference and things get flattened. The flash on your camera is a straight on flash, so the shadows are not flattering. You'll hear the expression unflattering lighting, when in reality it's the shadows or lack there or that are unflattering. Take a small piece of reflective material and bounce the light from your flash straight up in a room with white ceilings. You'll still get light from the flash but since it will be from above it will look more natural. Outside in bright sunlight you may tell the flash to underexpose a bit just to help fill the shadows but not take them away completely.
I don't think run of the mill shark bite from our local hardware place will work on galvi. I'd take a trip to my local plumbing supply and ask them what works on galvanized.
