Hi Dan,
Nice series.
In your "15 days" shot, it looks like she's 'found her hand' and is focussing on it.
Yes, bounce flash is something I must try, I keep putting it off
I have a couple of old 'manual only' flash guns I could use and since I used to cope in film days, I ought to be able to again.
I guess the major difference with enforced manual flash use, is that every time the ISO changes, I will need to re-assess the flash exposure, or manually set a single ISO and stick to it, to avoid this happening shot-by-shot instead of once per film change in olden days. Having got used to Auto-ISO, I would have to wean myself off it again.
Or perhaps I use this as an excuse to go buy a nice, shiny new TTL flash gun
(what better reason, eh?)
Congratulations to you too.
Cheers, Dave