Yes John, the weight has been lifted! And, yes I will handle the reprint
order. Oh, and maybe I will do it again. I was asked if I would be
interested in doing the wedding of one of the guest of this wedding. I said
I would give it some thought. THAT one won't be a gift! Might be able to
earn back a bit of my current expense.
The T32 already has a repaired foot. I thought for sure it had given it up.
That was a great relief. I felt quite prepared going into the wedding. I
found along the way that I really wasn't as sharp as I thought! But I wasn't
rattled and just kept going. I'm not afraid to do it again. But one thing is
for sure. I was totally ragged at the end of the night. I started at the
brides house at 12 and left the reception at 9. I really couldn't do that
regularly. I gave a lot of special consideration since it was a gift for
friends. I'd have to manage the time a lot better if hired.
Move the flash meter up on your list. It's a real joy, and really makes you
look like you know what you're doing! ;-)
Thanks again.
Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Well, the wedding finally came and went....
> 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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