At 02:44 2/4/02, Mike Darling wrote:
At the first match i covered there was a photog using Nikons and what i
can only guess was a remote strobe. He didn't have any on-camera flash,
but a small radio transmitter high on his neck strap. I can only guess he
had OTF, TTL, and a couple more acronyms in use at the time.
My first thought was two-way communication with someone in the press box
who can see the entire floor directing his activities. I'm presuming you
saw a strobe go off from somewhere whenever he fired the shutter. If so,
he must either be a host facility staff photographer or have coordinated
with the host facility well beforehand. I'm thinking this would require
setting up multiple strobes to cover everywhere in the arena.
Using multiple remote flashes is nothing new:
"One Shot Charlie" (Charles Hoff) who shot sports for the New York Daily
News and became famous for his boxing photography used multiple high
powered flashbulbs surrounding the boxing ring; not something the folks who
now televise the events would want anyone to do. He also used a specially
rigged 8x10 view camera. The practical limits on reloading multiple flash
bulbs and the inherent film burn rate limits using an 8x10 view camera are
quite severe; it earned him the "One Shot Charlie" moniker as he used very,
very little film compared to his contemporaries with an exceptionally high
yield. BTW, his most published photograph is the one of the Hindenburg
explosion and fire at Lakehurst, New Jersey. While it is singularly
spectacular, its fame overshadows his magnificent sports photography.
Can anyone suggest some references for 'advanced' sports photography?
I would be interested in this also.
-- John
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