I think I understand what you are saying. The only thing I think I
have learned in many years is that every situation is different assuming the
lighting is not relatively straightforward, e.g. bright sun = F16 or open
shade = F5.6. Shutter speeds can be assumed only if you know that a tripod
was or was not used. Even then, everything falls to its appropriate value
unless there are other mitigating factors which the photo mags never tell you
about anyway.
A man asked me at a wedding what F stop I was using. The answer was
that I used the one that properly exposed the film. I really don't remember
the stop and it really was of relatively little importance as it could have
been anywhere from 4 to 8. The real thing he didn't ask was the shutter speed
which was very slow to pick up
ambient light in the church and the flash was balanced to that. I think at
the time it was about 1/8 and I was on a tripod.
I just visited Monte Zucker's website and he had an image there that
was exposed for 1 sec at 5.6 with 5 lights going off around the bride. Only
one light was for exposure, the rest were accents and made it a dynamite
image. Lighting patterns, and many other variables are more important than
just the shutter speed and F stop:-)
Fortunately we all keep learning. That's what makes this so much fun!
Roger
robinsnestphotography.com
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