Hi! SB> I'd agree with that, yet for the type of work Boris was showing, such SB> creative work with flash is not gonna cut it. For ambient light SB> photography (I almost said available light, but some smartass would counter SB> that the camera flash IS available) one will do much better by SB> understanding the light and how proper exposure and development can come SB> together to create a truly wonderful photo rather than the average pap SB> produced by most photographers these days.
I undoubtedly need to learn which I will as I am afraid <g> PDML will "force" me to. SB> More and more the photographs we see have a "generic" look about them ... SB> so many people are using slower zoom lenses, 400 speed film, lab SB> processing, and relying on cameras with meters that do the thinking, that SB> it's becoming rare to find photographs that are made by the photographer SB> rather than technology. I took me very little time to put away slow zoom though I see nothing wrong with 400 speed film per se. I still process in the lab and rely on meters though do my own scanning and editing. Honestly, I think that there're some thing best left to technology, such as flash automation of sorts, and thing best left to a man, say choice of aperture (DOF). But it does really belong to the topic... I think. Boris
