>I saw a great documentary on O. Winston Link and how he did his great steam
>train night photographs. Those huge flashbulbs are exactly the ticket, but
>he would string like 50 or 100 of them together.
>I think Mr. Link died recently, just within the last month or two.
>
>John Hermanson
Indeed he did - we even got a nice big obit in the local paper here in
Melbourne. I suspect that the big flash bulbs are used because they have a
monstrous light output - the meggaflash site is fascinating. Cost must be
pretty monstrous too.
When I was a little lad I had the job of taking a photographer into
factories to shoot machines for my employer - a shoe machinery
manufacturer. This guy shot 4x5 with 2 minute exposures and routinely
'painted with light' with a small, hand held flash unconnected to the
camera - to avoid fancy light and reflector setups. The shots were
painfully sharp - but we still had them retouched as a matter of routine.
Andrew
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