At 04:55 1/28/02, you wrote:
Hi all,
I've hinted a number of times over the past year that I had a wedding to
shoot coming up. Well, it took a while to come around due to a number of
technical complications, but it's now history, and I've delivered the albums.
[snip]
Feels like you just took a very heavy pack off of your back, doesn't
it? But wait, they may want you to handle reprints! [That's a much easier
task.] My cousin did because she could not get a local consumer lab to
make reprints at the quality level of the original proofs. She said the
difference in print resolution alone was quite noticeable . . . not to
mention color balance.
I wanted to find a way to power a pair of T-32's from a BG-2 handle on a
Newton bracket, but never completely sorted out how to do the cabling
without spending a fortune. As it turned out, NiMH AA cells in the pair of
T-32's recharged fast enough and lasted long enough that I only used two
fully charged sets of them. (YMMV depending on film ISO, distances and
especially number of frames shot.) The camera rotating stroboframe was my
second choice in brackets; also very nice.
A T-32 or MZ40-3i flash head into an umbrella is not something I've tried
yet but am planning to in the future. Don't have cords long enough for it
(yet). Have used studio strobes with umbrellas on light stands at a
friend's studio; the modeling lights in them are *very helpful in
positioning them. I don't have a flash meter either (also on my very long
list).
A 4 or 6 point star filter from the back can look very nice. Some like the
effect and others don't. Did one with candles on the end of every other
pew. Too many candles and the multitude of "stars" overwhelmed the rest of
the image.
I'm very glad your T-32 didn't fall out of the shoe! Even on a carpeted
floor that event is usually catastrophic (not the fall but the very sudden
stop at the end). Also glad the information on my site helped and that
you've been able to declare it a success.
One question:
Having done it once, would you do it again?
:-)
-- John
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