Re: Flash photo idea

[P3D Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan Woods wrote:

>Wow! With that much flash power going off at once, I can see people
>over a certain age (those who remember "Civil Defense") diving
>under furniture and covering themselves waiting for the shock wave...

Just to take your response more seriously than you probably intended:

  If the subject's eyes are in the photo then they receive the
same amount of light using my method vs a direct flash. In both
cases, if everything works, enough light strikes the subject's
face and eyes to expose it properly. The difference is that
with my method only about 10% comes directly from the flash
(bounced off the 80-20 device), the rest is from the ceiling.
With the direct flash approach, all 100% of the light comes
from a 2x3" area (the flash head).  Take a guess which will
leave a worse afterimage in the subject's eyes  :)  :)

  For a person in the room who isn't in the photo, my approach
will subject them to more light since the direct flash is
typically very directional and isn't aimed at them.

Greg E.




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