David, Imagining the chaos at a wedding with guests and the pro trying to shoot it out is hilarious to me! But seriously folks. Have you wondered why on the BBC TV news they forewarn the viewers: "This segment contains strobe photography?" US broadcasts don't give such a warning, near as I know. I assume that it is intended for people with epilepsy. That seems a little over-careful. Wouldn't there have to be a fairly uniform repetition unlike the randomness of a media shoot-out? Anyhow, what about our wedding example or other stroby events? Wouldn't epileptics anticipate such occasions as a matter of experience and shut their eyes? AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book 5ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] RE: Slave flash on P&S digicam? > From: David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, February 16, 2009 3:05 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Mon, February 16, 2009 13:05, Gregory Fraser wrote: > > On the other hand I was at a wedding once where the 'professional' > > photographer used visible light slaves and everytime I or anyone else > > with a decent flash took a photo, we got full use of the all the pro > > photographer's strobes. > I wonder if that was a deliberate ploy to keep other people from getting > copies of the group photos (that being the main place studio lighting > shows up at weddings that I've seen)? Probably come out very seriously > overexposed for everybody else! > Of course these days, bringing the discussion full circle, the pre-flashes > would probably have triggered the studio strobes, thus preventing them > from washing out the actual photo that followed. :-) > -- > David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ > Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ > Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ > Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
