[Leica] Flash on Rangefinders (was Re: Another M9 question)

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Available light is any damn light that is available! - W. Eugene
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*I still don't know how you get around drawing attention to yourself every
time a flash goes off.*
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*Tina*



On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:24 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> >As for Nan Goldin:  "Goldin's work is most often presented in the form of
> a
> >slideshow <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slideshow>, and has been shown at
> >film festivals; her most famous being a 45 minute show in which 800
> pictures
> >are displayed. The
>
> if you look at that slide show though, which you can see here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-BqIx5DHgg
>
> the first 40 images at least are all lit with a flash -- & this one of the
> great documentary photography projects of the last 50 years.
> Just because she sometimes takes fuzzy photos in available light doesn't
> mean she won't use a flash when she thinks the situation calls for it.
>
> Mary Ellen Mark is also not afraid to put a flash on her Leica -- many of
> the photos in Falkland Road are lit with flash:
>
> http://www.maryellenmark.com/frames/falkland.html
>
> And a good many of her iconic images of Mother Theresa:
>
> http://www.maryellenmark.com/frames/mteresa.html
>
> It seems weird to say that rangefinders weren't meant for flash -- they
> have a hot shoe, the new ones have TTL.
> There are world famous Leica-using documentary photographers who have a
> flash in their camera bag, and it has batteries in it.
> It's just another skill set to learn and use when appropriate.
>
> I forget who said (i'm paraphrasing) "if you have a flash available, then
> that's part of your available light".
>
> --
Tina Manley, ASMP
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