Ouch!! I can only assume that is one I posted to show somebody what a
straight scan with no adjustments looks like! I haven't even spotted that
one at all. There should have been plenty of light reflected off of the
white paper that fill flash is not necessary.
http://www.pbase.com/image/154566941
If I had used fill flash, that would have been the only photo I would have
taken of these kids because then they would have forgotten about their
homework and only wanted me to entertain them with the flash.
Tina
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:16 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree in many of your cases flash would destory the mood and invite
> unwanted attention but sometimes it can be very helpful, just like this
> image...
>
>
> http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Central-America/Honduras/Honduras/3917411_sWqp63#!i=1213147304&k=sdXz2CS&lb=1&s=L
>
> Flash certainly isn't suitable for all cases, it is the photographer who
> make the choice after judging the situation but I do not agree with "Never
> Flash".
>
> I do not use flash much but I will certainly carry one when travel with my
> family, it is very helpful for fill light.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina Manley" <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > The reason I don't use flash: When I stay with families in communities
> > where there is no electricity, I want to sit back in a corner and try to
> > be
> > invisible, until they forget that I'm there and go about their daily
> > lives.
> > The inside of their adobe houses is very dark. I use fast lenses, quiet
> > cameras and high speed film.
> >
> >
> http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Central-America/Honduras/Honduras/3917411_sWqp63#!i=1213150734&k=n398phZ
> >
> > I did take flash the first few years, but it attracts so much attention
> > that everybody in the community comes by to have their picture taken and
> > watch the amazing flash light up the whole room. Pretty soon, the kids
> > are
> > hamming it up and posing with rabbit ears and the situation deteriorates
> > into a circus.
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154556174 and next two.
> >
> > I don't think I ever even carried a flash after 1990. It just doesn't
> > work
> > for documentary photography.
> >
> > Agree?
> >
> > Tina
> >
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