Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I go with as little flash as possible. Sometimes some fill light is needed. Chris ----- Reply message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>, "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>, "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>, "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Subject: [Leica] IMGS: FLASH!! vs No Flash Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2014 10:19 AM PESO: The reason I don't use flash: When I stay with families in communities where there is no electricity, I want to sit back in a corner and try to be invisible, until they forget that I'm there and go about their daily lives. The inside of their adobe houses is very dark. I use fast lenses, quiet cameras and high speed film. http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Central-America/Honduras/Honduras/3917411_sWqp63#!i=1213150734&k=n398phZ I did take flash the first few years, but it attracts so much attention that everybody in the community comes by to have their picture taken and watch the amazing flash light up the whole room. Pretty soon, the kids are hamming it up and posing with rabbit ears and the situation deteriorates into a circus. http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154556174 and next two. I don't think I ever even carried a flash after 1990. It just doesn't work for documentary photography. Agree? Tina -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information