Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used a new hi-tech device, a white plastic dome that fits over the flash head, with the flash head tilted up at a 45 degree angle. I wished that I could of turned the head to my left, so that the flash would also bounce off the bar mirror more. I finally took the plunge and bought two last year. It only took me 20 years of seeing them used by just about everyone I knew. It was tough shot. I needed the TV, the mounted indian on the wall, and the customers, all compositionally coherent. I used a 40, but I'm thinking..."is a 30mm not far on the horizon"....ouch. Slobodan Dimitrov Julian Koplen wrote: > > Enjoyed the pictures. If you used flash for illumination in the top > picture, how did you get the exposure right for the person closest to the > camera as well as the one farthest down the bar? Thanks.........Julian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S Dimitrov" <sld@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:07 AM > Subject: [Leica] Interacting with strangers, part II > > I needed a shot of what people where doing during the Super Bowl. I went > to half a dozen bars, introduced myself to the bar keeps. I told them > what I wanted and that I'll be back to make the rounds for my shots when > the game starts. > I used a Rollei on a bracket with a Vivitrash 285, with dome attached > set at 45 degrees. Walking in, I placed the set-up on the counter, so > that everyone could see what was going on. It's almost the equivalent of > taking out a glass eye and putting it in you glass effect wise. Even the > most hardened bar denizen eventually will acquiesce to being photographed. > http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/12/a.shtml > Slobodan Dimitrov > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html