Hi All, I really think the type of publication and the subject matter dictate the gear as well as the photographers style. Many photographers can mix both daylight/ambient light and flash and you will not be the wiser. Ususally you can tell, but it can be done. If your particular rag is B&W only with medium screen counts then you can get away with whatever as long as you come back w/ a good image. However if you run color or even worse coated papers within the newspaper, than skill with a wide variety of equipment including hot lights, strobes, reflectors and diffusers is called for. Oddly enough many of my clients in the last few years have asked for a more "journilistic" approach to image creation. HUH? Then why did i buy all this %&&*$$$ gear? No matter what they always want what they see somewhere else... I use strobes alot outdoors, for fill. But I also use flags for negitive fill as well. Diffusers were all the rage sometime ago and now I see stuff that looks like it was shot w/ a P&S with shadows on the wall behind and everything!! thanks I feel better now <vbg> Les Baldwin
