Or just use a second small flash with a test button.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: RE: RE : [OM] B&W BABY PHOTOS
| Photographers have joked for years about the fact that small children
always
| smiled best just after the flash fired. Someone followed up on that and
made
| a flash that had a small flash tube that prefired before the main tube
fired
| for the camera. Perhaps someone has that feature available now but, if so,
I
| am not aware of it. /jim
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DAVDOU9211@xxxxxxx
| Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:21 AM
| To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: Re: RE : [OM] B&W BABY PHOTOS
|
|
| In a message dated 10/4/01 8:54:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
| DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
|
|
| By the way will bounce flash hurt the babies eyes?
|
|
| I have found that a baby who is very young will stare at you and the flash
| will dazzle them. I don't think the flash "hurts" their eyes, but it does
| cause the baby to become wary. My grand daughter very quickly learned
that
| camera meant flash; she would then shut her eyes at the most inopportune
| moment. I have almost given up on flash with her and she has learned that
| when grandpa takes pictures there isn't a sudden flash and she doesn't
| squint. As a result she has turned into quite a ham and we get delightful
| photos. I do have to use available light and faster film, but 400asa B &
W
| films from Kodak and Illford are more than fine grained enough for most
| work.
|
| I shoot pictures of her in a room with a large sliding door to one side
and
| a
| small, high window above and behind. The large door is the main light
| source, and the high window is the source of high lights on hair or
| backlighting ( great with a blonde). I also use a reversable white of
gold
| reflector that my wife wields.
|
| In general I think that unless you can afford a rather elaborate
| multi-flash,
| umbrella and light box setup, you will get rather harsh results with
flash.
| But the main reason is that a child will become conditioned to flash and
| anticipate it so that the photos will be more difficult to make.
|
| Dave Dougherty
|
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