[MF3D.FORUM:1503] Re: flash distances...

["David W. Kesner" <drdave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Glickman writes:

> I would have to strongly challenge this David.  I would like to
> know how you came up with this....I am very curious...

Two ways - first I was told this by experienced photographers, 
but more importantly it has proved itself in my own personal 
field trials. Of course in my case we are talking about 
distance in the hundreds of feet. I have shot "big room" 
images where the camera was set up at one end of a room and 
multiple flashes were set up from 10 feet to one hundred feet 
away from the camera. As long as the flash to subject was 
within the desired range for the fstop of the camera the 
exposure was right on. The flash at 10 feet from the camera 
was also 10 feet from the subject and the flash that was 100 
feet from the camera was also 10 feet from the subject and 
both subjects were exposed correctly.

This might not hold true for very great distances, but I have 
not tried that. I am not arguing with you at all, and I defer 
to your expertise. I am just an amatuer and have no schooling 
in photography or lighting or any of the theory behind it. All 
my information comes from what I have been told (which may or 
may not be correct) and what I have done myself.

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA
drdave@xxxxxxxxxx