On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Lex Jenkins wrote:
> Ian, I apologize for the confusion caused by my sngglfrtz in that post. I
> meant to say "Flash usually is *not* necessary,"
No offence taken at all - I'd figured what you really meant to say from
the general context.
> and indicated your concert
> photos are excellent examples of why ambient light is ample and preferable.
Just trying to moderate your praise by pointing out that there was
*some* flash involved in one pic..... I'm quite shy really, you know.
> I sure didn't mean for it to come across as a haughty suggestion to modify
> your style, which is how it scans when I read my own GOOFED UP WORDS!
Didn't read it that way at all.
> Anyway, the only exception I'd make to my own rule of thumb might be to
> incorporate the occasional use of slow sync flash for that unique effect it
> lends.
That's not a technique I've ever tried in earnest, and haven't had any
happy accidents with it yet. Maybe one day I'll try to get the hang of
it.
> Would be particularly effective with some of the more frenetic
> performers, hmm?
I have a picture, from my pre-Oly days, of a long-haired blues/rock
guitarist (a good one, too) & his singer taken on 200ASA agfachrome.
There was no hope of freezing the guitarist, but I managed to catch the
singer at a still point with a 1/15th exposure. I'm quite pleased with
the overall effect - static singer and wildly head-swirling guitarist in
the same frame. I might post it somewhere some day .... when I get that
web-site sorted...... when I've caught up on my scanning backlog.
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