Eat your heart out Joe McNally

Most flashes ever fired? I don't think so.

Years ago, there used to be a guy who used thousands of flashbulbs to create stunning shots of trains, working with a large team on assistants.

Story is, years after electronic flashes came in, Phillips found some old stock of flashbulbs, 5000 in all and arranged for the photographer, now a very old man, to take one final shot with the 5000 remaining bulbs. Everything went well until it was time for him to put the dark slide back in, when he found out that he'd never taken it out:'(

So, thousands more flashes, and for a purpose:)
 
Garry Edwards said:
Most flashes ever fired? I don't think so.

Years ago, there used to be a guy who used thousands of flashbulbs to create stunning shots of trains, working with a large team on assistants.

Story is, years after electronic flashes came in, Phillips found some old stock of flashbulbs, 5000 in all and arranged for the photographer, now a very old man, to take one final shot with the 5000 remaining bulbs. Everything went well until it was time for him to put the dark slide back in, when he found out that he'd never taken it out:'(

So, thousands more flashes, and for a purpose:)
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I think the record relates to flashguns, rather than flashes/bulbs. Pretty sure I've got a link somewhere to a site full of the guy you're talking about's work, I'll try and find it :thumbs:
 
What a waste of battery power that was..****** picture...:shake:

Anyway, Ogle Winston Link is the guy who pioneered flash lighting huge scenes in the 50's, famous for his big prints and documentation of trains moving from steam to diesel.
This is one of his prints, its called "Hotshot Eastbound" its the only one I know the name of and was lit with 42 flash bulbs, dunno how you equate that with speed lights though..:)

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This guy did BIG prints


http://www.carolinaarts.com/winstonlink.html

http://www.google.com/search?
 
When I read the title, immediately a few ideas flashed :D through my mind of what they needed these for, and had ideas of a jumbo jet, or the interior of a very large building such as a cinema, that kind of thing, but from the pics I saw, no such luck. Sorry if this sounds a bit negative, but whats was the flipping point! Couldnt they have taken the same pics with just a few units? The output doesnt justify the input I think is what I'm trying to say.

Give me 300 speedlites for a day and I'll try and make that quantity fit round a massive task!
 
Marcus Geezer said:
When I read the title, immediately a few ideas flashed :D through my mind of what they needed these for, and had ideas of a jumbo jet, or the interior of a very large building such as a cinema, that kind of thing, but from the pics I saw, no such luck. Sorry if this sounds a bit negative, but whats was the flipping point! Couldnt they have taken the same pics with just a few units? The output doesnt justify the input I think is what I'm trying to say.

Give me 300 speedlites for a day and I'll try and make that quantity fit round a massive task!
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Not negative at all, think you summed up what most people will be thinking when they just see a board with a load of lights attached :(

I think a set up of 300 in a large setting would do it justice, particularly when you see shots of concert halls with 12 studio strobes being used to devastating effect for example.
 
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