Thanks for the additional information. -- Bruce
Monday, March 5, 2007, 3:04:18 PM, you wrote: GD> On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> ... I'd like to hear some more detail about what you mean about the >> way >> you used to work. Are you just referring to working distances or >> certain scenes or poses or what? GD> I always had either the Rolleiflex or the Nikon with 28mm and 85mm GD> lenses. To get natural perspectives for flash shots, I worked at GD> about three-four set distances for groups, tables shots, and couples- GD> triples-quadruples. The old Mecablitz potato masher had good power so GD> I put a nice big diffuser on it ... a homemade version of the GD> Lightsphere, in hindsight. Figuring correct exposure was simply GD> setting 1/30-1/60 second and then the correct aperture for the GD> distance and power setting. GD> I didn't use flash that often, only when the guy who booked the GD> weddings asked me to do some of the standard pose shots. Normally he GD> did those and I did available light candids in B&W. It was a good GD> business, did it for about two years. GD> Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
