Comments on: The Natural Light Fight (and a bit of a quiz) http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2008/12/the-natural-light-fight-and-a-bit-of-a-quiz/ Photography as I experience it. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:05:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sharon mallinson http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2008/12/the-natural-light-fight-and-a-bit-of-a-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-25411 sharon mallinson Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:42:20 +0000 http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/?p=79#comment-25411 Excellent article and should help dispel the myththat flash is bad! Excellent article and should help dispel the myththat flash is bad!

]]> By: Timothy Armes http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2008/12/the-natural-light-fight-and-a-bit-of-a-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-2559 Timothy Armes Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:44:40 +0000 http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/?p=79#comment-2559 Hi Reece, Don't get me wrong. When it's right, natural light is sublime, and I'll use it whenever it's right, or can be modified to be so. The point of my article is really to get across the fact that, often, the ambient light doesn't give the most pleasing effect. This is especially true in an indoor environment. Outdoors you're at the mercy of the the gods. When the light's not right good flash can dramatically improve a photo, so constantly hearing photographer's dismiss flash as a solution for those who don't know how to use natural light can become a little frustrating - especially when most of them know little about good flash technique. Tim Hi Reece,

Don’t get me wrong. When it’s right, natural light is sublime, and I’ll use it whenever it’s right, or can be modified to be so.

The point of my article is really to get across the fact that, often, the ambient light doesn’t give the most pleasing effect. This is especially true in an indoor environment. Outdoors you’re at the mercy of the the gods.

When the light’s not right good flash can dramatically improve a photo, so constantly hearing photographer’s dismiss flash as a solution for those who don’t know how to use natural light can become a little frustrating – especially when most of them know little about good flash technique.

Tim

]]> By: Reece http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2008/12/the-natural-light-fight-and-a-bit-of-a-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-2557 Reece Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:44:58 +0000 http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/?p=79#comment-2557 I was very impressed with your flash work. The iron worker was my favorite, and you daughter was my least favorite (from a lighting stand point). However, what is not considered here is the importance of the angle of light or multiple sources of light. Just like a direct flash is unappealing, the wrong angle of or intensity of natural light can give displeasing effects. Flash has its place, but it will never replace natural light. Just like it takes skill to work the flash, it also takes skill to work natural light; including the selection of the lens, aperture, and ISO in order to communicate the mood of the scene as interpreted by the author. I was very impressed with your flash work. The iron worker was my favorite, and you daughter was my least favorite (from a lighting stand point). However, what is not considered here is the importance of the angle of light or multiple sources of light. Just like a direct flash is unappealing, the wrong angle of or intensity of natural light can give displeasing effects. Flash has its place, but it will never replace natural light. Just like it takes skill to work the flash, it also takes skill to work natural light; including the selection of the lens, aperture, and ISO in order to communicate the mood of the scene as interpreted by the author.

]]> By: Paul Retherford http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2008/12/the-natural-light-fight-and-a-bit-of-a-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Paul Retherford Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:16:07 +0000 http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/?p=79#comment-58 I too hate when people make the no flash statement. My name is Paul and I use flash when I need it.:-) I too hate when people make the no flash statement. My name is Paul and I use flash when I need it.:-)

]]> By: Timothy Armes http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2008/12/the-natural-light-fight-and-a-bit-of-a-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Timothy Armes Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:16:18 +0000 http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/?p=79#comment-22 Hi Jeffrey, Thanks for the praise. The iron artist is part of my <a href="http://www.timothyarmes.com/gallery.php?sec=artisans" rel="nofollow">Artisans</a> project, and is a good example of the necessity of flash. Most of the ateliers had no natural light whatsoever so the only way to control the lighting, in order to create the style of images I was after, was to use flash. Natural light made more sense in the restaurant since I had a lot of photos to do in a short period of time. Setting up flashes for interior photos can be quite time consuming. Besides, the natural light here was perfect. Tim P.S. But I prefer the photo of my daughter, obviously :) Hi Jeffrey,

Thanks for the praise.

The iron artist is part of my Artisans project, and is a good example of the necessity of flash. Most of the ateliers had no natural light whatsoever so the only way to control the lighting, in order to create the style of images I was after, was to use flash.

Natural light made more sense in the restaurant since I had a lot of photos to do in a short period of time. Setting up flashes for interior photos can be quite time consuming. Besides, the natural light here was perfect.

Tim

P.S. But I prefer the photo of my daughter, obviously :)

]]> By: Jeffrey Friedl http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2008/12/the-natural-light-fight-and-a-bit-of-a-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Jeffrey Friedl Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:32:39 +0000 http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/?p=79#comment-20 "I don't like flash" is code for "I don't understand how to use flash". All nice shots, but the restaurant and the iron artist are <i>stunning</i>. (Protocol here says that I should say the pic of your daughter is best, but I'm commenting on the photos, not the subjects, so I'll risk being honest :-) “I don’t like flash” is code for “I don’t understand how to use flash”.

All nice shots, but the restaurant and the iron artist are stunning.
(Protocol here says that I should say the pic of your daughter is best, but I’m commenting on the photos, not the subjects, so I’ll risk being honest :-)

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