Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/06

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Subject: [Leica] Flash use SCOTT
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:49:35 -0500
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No single answer to this question.

Sometimes I'll set up a bounce strobe in a room
and use a wireless trigger on the camera.
The flash is not attached to me or the camera.
It's just another light that happens to fire at 1/1200th of a second now and 
again.
It's not associated with me or where I happen to be
or where my camera's pointed.
For all anyone knows it was some bodies point'n'shoot.
Nobody cares.

The main point, if you wish to use a flash,
is to get over "your" caring what "they" think about it.
It's just another technique which will provide different,
and potentially, when well used, improved results.

We all know that there are places where the light is simply lousy;
not only in terms of "not much of it"
but also poorly placed in relation to our subjects.
That's when we have to improvise for best results:
a flash; a reflector; move a lamp;
whatever it takes to "make" the photograph(s).

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Oct 6, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Tina Manley wrote:

> So how does a professional keep from drawing attention to himself every 
> time
> the flash goes off - or are all of the shots posed and planned :-(
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
> mac.com>wrote:
> 
>> don't bet the new house on that Tina.
>> Joe is a master with his tools.
>> And this example could easily include using a flash.
>> A professional will use a flash to achieve a "natural" effect.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 6, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> 
>>> Now that I love!  Natural light ;-)
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:37 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
>>> leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> His portfolio weighs very heavily on big crazy lit with 42 flashes stuff
>>>> because those are the books he's promoting right now, but a lot of his
>>>> national geographic stuff I think is exactly the sort of thing you do:
>>>> 
>>>> http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=18&p=4&a=0&at=0
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
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