I dunno. I went to a workshop at the NPPA Northern Short Course the
topic of which was how to manage shooting a feature portrait for the
food/sports/fashion/arts sections with two hotlights or one and a
reflector.
when you have 4 minutes
during the interview by the feature article writer.
The teacher had worked his entire life for a New York City newspaper.
And I shot basketball for a season next to the regional paper shooter
who showed with two light stands that extended to 25 feet and two
radio fired strobes with power packs. He did that for night football
too. He tied the light stands off to the bleachers and tripped them
with his on camera flash which was aimed into the sky or at an angle.
He shot a New Year's First Night parade with the same rig and an
assistant. Tied the stands to trees and used rear curtain flash to
catch the 10-person dragon in motion.
So I dunno. Seems to me that phojos at even medium sized newspapers
use professional lighting equipment professionally.
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Emily L. Ferguson
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508-563-6822
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