Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric asked: >> I have always shot with available light, hit or miss. > I thought I would buy a flash for the job but I worry about blown out > featureless faces from having the flash too close.<<<< Eric, Use what you've always used, available existing light. I can't imagine there isn't a near by window with nice soft light where you'll work with the kind of light you're accustomed to, be far better and less stressful than screwing around with a bunch of lighting gear you've never used before. If you start panicking over using gear you haven't worked with you're going to screw up, sure as heck. More so than doing what comes naturally, the light you see by. And if you do it the way you've always been doing it you'll do just fine. You see all the questions you've asked in an almost panic state? No need to ask them at all, just relax and go do your thing as you've done many times before. Just meter carefully, then concentrate on the subject. :-) have a good one and sleep tight to-night. :-) ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html