Re: flash sync speed (plus a story about my uncle)

2005-06-25 Thread Paul Stenquist



Bill wrote:
BTW, back in the 70s, we used to turn our brides back to the sun to 
get a

nice glow around the veil and shoot at f/5.6 @ 1/60 with fill flash.
It worked very well.

Of course, this is out of the question with digital, which is kind of
persnickety about exposure.



Backlit works quite nicely when you shoot RAW . It's pretty easy to 
control the highlights.

Paul



RE: flash sync speed (plus a story about my uncle)

2005-06-25 Thread Tim Øsleby
At 26. June 2005 01:10 William Robb wrote:
>just a friggin picture

You are absolutely right, just a picture. No big deal. 
But it is like fishing. You are convinced that the fishes you loose are the
biggest. You know this isn't correct, but you can't stop thinking about it. 
Perhaps I'm a compulsive person :-)

Never the less, it bugs me. And I do want high speed sync. Sorry if it bugs
you. 

I have shot glowing portraits the way you describe. My uncle taught me this
technique 30 years ago. 

BTW, this uncle of mine loved red elements in his colour shots. He made us
wear red clothes (anoraks) in the middle of the summer, in case he needed a
red sweet spot in one of his frames :-)
He was not a mad tyrant, he was just a very dedicated (slightly compulsive)
photographer, who did some wonderful shoots. 

Tim
Another Norwegian.


-Original Message-
From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 26. juni 2005 01:10
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: flash sync speed


- Original Message - 
From: "Tim Øsleby"
Subject: RE: flash sync speed


> What I find frustrating with slow flash sync?
> Sometimes I want to shot more or less towards the sun, and still need a
> large aperture. I'm talking very high speed.
> A few days ago, I had to let a near perfect shot go, with some very nice
> rocks and a beautiful sky, because of this. It was a real downer. It near
> ruined a nice photo walk.

Fer Gawds sake, it's just a friggin picture.
It's not that big a deal.

BTW, back in the 70s, we used to turn our brides back to the sun to get a 
nice glow around the veil and shoot at f/5.6 @ 1/60 with fill flash.
It worked very well.

Of course, this is out of the question with digital, which is kind of 
persnickety about exposure.

William Robb