RE: [Leica] Minority?

["Mueller, Rob" <rob.mueller@eds.com>]

Many instructors probably use this line. John is a great jokester but is
serious about 'available' light. He carries a strobe when he needs to add to
his 'available light'. he also uses a flashlight when he runs into to much
'available darkness'. John runs into this problem a lot because he shoots
until you can't see the camera. 

Rob Mueller
Studies in Black and White
www.studiesinblackandwhite.com 
rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com





- -----Original Message-----
From: Lee, Ken [mailto:ken.lee@hbc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 8:41 AM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: RE: [Leica] Minority?


Rob,

Is there more than one John Sexton?  The 4X5 John uses 20 minute exposures
not flash (unless he has changed in the last couple of years).

Ken
(Still waiting for John's "Places of Power" book.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	robmueller [SMTP:robmueller@home.com]
> Sent:	Monday, January 17, 2000 5:09 PM
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> Subject:	RE: [Leica] Minority?
> 
> you've been talkin' to John Sexton, me boy'o, havn't yee?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Joe
> Codispoti
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 2:43 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Minority?
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> > From: 	Joe Codispoti[SMTP:JOECODI@THEGRID.NET]
> > Sent: 	Monday, January 17, 2000 2:43:15 PM
> > To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: 	Re: [Leica] Minority?
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> I recall attending a photo workshop where the instructor said: "I use
> strictly available light" and, as he placed a big honkin flash with power
> pack onto the table, he added: "And in most cases this is what's
> available".
> 
> I do not believe that flash is preferable to available light nor do I
> believe that there is something preferable and glamorous about not using
> flash at all. However, I have seen many instances where diehard
> existing-light photographers have taken photos in bad light thus producing
> bad photographs. I have seen also photographs that said FLASH all over .
> 
> Whether with a Leica at f:1.0 or a Takashukashi at f:8.0 some scenes
> demand
> the use of flash - be it fill or full - while others do not require
> anything
> more than existing light.
> 
> A photographer who refuses to use flash is not necessarily better the one
> who avails himself of whatever tools are necessary to produce the best
> photo
> possible.
> 
> Joseph Codispoti