Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Donal Philby wrote: > > Metz already has cordless ttl for multiples with the 50 and 40Mz. But > seeing the work of people such as David alan Harvey using M6s and little > thyristor strobes is exciting. I have been doing more and more with less > and less big strobes and more with acentuating existing. Donal, Makes me feel good to hear you say this as this is how I have always worked. I know many "pro" shooters and most of the assistants I have hired who laugh at the way I work with my little 283's and dyna lite jack rabbits, but for location stuff this works really well. One thing I do often is to use 1 light to throw random light over the entire scene then use a TTL flash for directed light from the camera and it looks like I worked hard to light a scene. I think it has a lot to do with how you "see" light and how you learned to control it. I never had access to the big stuff till recently so I had to learn to get by on my wits and little equipment. Of course as you say once you learn to light the whole thing it is hard to get back in the habit of going small. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto