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Re: [OM] Lichfield - ring flash

Subject: Re: [OM] Lichfield - ring flash
From: "Daan Kalmeijer" <daank@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 12:09:36 +0100
Tried this with some macro/portraits of my son, made him into an android!

Results:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~daank/diversen/oog_thijs.jpg
and
http://www.xs4all.nl/~daank/diversen/oog.jpg

OM4T, 135/4.5 macro, 65-116 tube, T8, large reflector (#1?), Velvia, ES-10
scanner ...

Daan



-----Original Message-----
From: LARS BUNDESEN <lars.bundesen@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 10:55 PM
Subject: [OM] Lichfield - ring flash


>
>
>>
>> Christopher Biggs <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net
>and spake thusly:
>>
>> > Having a ring flash fired in yer gob is a bit of a shock, but I've
>> > seen it done...I'm trying to recall where.  It was somebody quite
>> > famous for their portraits.  I'm thinking Newman, but he claims he
>> > doesn't even own a flash, so I'm probably misremembering.
>>
>> I remembered.  It was Patrick Lichfield.
>
>In the Olympus Visionage magazine # 1, p. 16, there is a picture of Patrick
>Lichfield taking a portrait photo with a T 8 ringflash and reflector. (BTW,
>Visionage # 2 has an article about the OM flash system, including of course
>also the various macro flashes).
>
>I have never tried the T8 plus reflector, but this flash is probably much
>better for portraits, since you get reflected light, not direct light into
>the eye.
>
>Lars
>>
>> I saw a picture of photographer and victim^Wsubject in one of his
>> books, "Lichfield on Travel Photography".
>>
>
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