I use my studio strobes (alien Bees) for formals at all the weddings I shoot. I wouldn't want to use a little flash on a bracket for that kind of stuff.
--- Bruce Tuesday, October 14, 2003, 10:00:17 PM, you wrote: JCOC> I stand by my reply. His post makes no sense. JCOC> You cant really do studio strobes at weddings JCOC> and receptions. His "teachers" must be the JCOC> stupid jerks..... JCOC> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- JCOC> J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com JCOC> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- JCOC> -----Original Message----- JCOC> From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JCOC> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:04 AM JCOC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JCOC> Subject: Re: correct exposure JCOC> ----- Original Message ----- JCOC> From: "J. C. O'Connell" JCOC> Subject: RE: correct exposure >> I guess it's possible but VERY unlikely that many >> people would be working that way for a wedding/reception. >> In my experince, no matter how much I warn/persuede >> the bride/groom in advance, the wedding day is always >> hectic/fast paced and that type of slow deliberate >> photography is out of the question. I always used >> non-TTL autoflash, Fuji NPH, and one stop over (iso 200) >> and got nice results. To each his own I guess.... JCOC> You stupid, bombastic jerk. JCOC> Here is the original post that I was replying to. JCOC> "Hi All, JCOC> I'm currently doing a course in wedding photography. One of the things that JCOC> came up and which I forgot to ask was: we were told that the studio lights JCOC> had been set for f/11 and that we should set our cameras to f/8, why is this JCOC> so? JCOC> Thanks, JCOC> Feroze" JCOC> Get it? He's talking about stdio lights. JCOC> As in STUDIO LIGHTS!!!! JCOC> Did your mother have any children that developed intelligence? JCOC> William Robb