Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You guys are starting to make me change my mind. I always felt the photographer should remain as inconspicuous as possible-using flash doesn't help. Mounting a flash in the rafters and using a remote is a good solution and, of course, modern ttl with fast film makes the flash less noticeable. Yet I will always try to remain as unobtrusive as possible. Bill > > Bill:I Shoot quite a bit of high school sport for a year > book studio and have never heard a complaint's about the > flash when using the newer ttl flash units. I wish that I > had definitive reason but shorter flash duration ,less > wasted flash due to the zoom heads , or just the fact that > by the time high school comes along the kids are so used to > flash that they don't notice . > I might add that yes I know that you can shoot much of this > with the ambient light in a lot of gyms , but that also > assumes that you are going to spend a good bit of time in > the dark room or in photoshop burning and dodging each > frame to get an image and this is not an option in the > modern world . > And to add that many of our client are so used to "sharp" > images that any subject movement , such as hand motion in a > volley ball match , that the only the flash images are > asept. to them . When shooting in the best lit venue I am > usually only get an ambient exposure of 250th at f2.8 with > asa400 and this is a high light exposure , also you need to > take into account that many of the athlete I shoot are not > pigmently chalanged there fore require an additional one to > two stops of exposure. Also when you take into account the > shorter contrast range of the digital and in less you use > flash to bring the exposure with in the contrast range you > get no asseptable images. > Chuck > > > >I cover high school and the 'pros' from the local AP and > > papers all use > > >flash with their D-1's. Don't they concern themselves > > with the athletes? > > > > How would using flash hurt the athletes? I've seen > > behind the scenes videos > > with Sports Illustrated photogs that show how they rig > > flash units over > > basketball goals to help get better color shots. I'm > > thinking the flash is > > more powerful, closer to the players, and more likely to > > be in a direction > > where the player is looking than some small flash on the > > sideline in a > > football game. > > > > I don't know for sure one way or the other. That's why I > > ask. > > > > > > Eric > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html