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This photograph was part of an assignment for the New Yorker magazine. It was taken at a high
school prom in a Manhattan hotel about a year ago.
Whenever I photograph nightclubs, bars, or dances I always work with two flash units. One is
shoe-mounted on the camera and the other is mounted on a long arm or a monopod and
triggered by a radio slave. It’s essential to use radio slaves especially at events where other people
have flash units. The second unit is a background and an effect light. I also use it as a rim light for
my foreground subjects. The second unit is the key light and must be the more powerful of the two
strobes (the shoe-mounted flash is the fill). I always use the Quantum Qflash for this second unit.
I work with the Qflash because it is reliable, light, powerful, and
it allows me to move more freely.
If I were to light the entire room with several powerful strobe
units, I would have to be very careful about not getting the
strobes in my frame. This way, my assistant and myself can
wander freely around the room.
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Qflash • Camera: Mamiya 7 • 50mm lens • Tri-X film
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