First Time Using Strobes - Any Hints?

[niclights]

and they're my lightning for 'It's Raining Men'

 

Hell yeah! Loving that. Cheese-tastic! What about the 'camera flash' bit in Girls on Film? :)

[Frag_Me]

Sorry, I don't remember him saying that he was running a dinner for epileptics. I was just suggesting an effect I have used before which looks effective.

See: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsy...ity20060306.cfm. Search for "red and blue". It's from the US based Epilepsy Foundation. I hadn't known about red/blue being worse, or indeed any colour so worth knowing.

Also good general info here: http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/info/leaflets/photo.cfm

 

Holey Moley! Won't be using that effect again in a hurry! Lucky I found out now rather than a few years down the line at a large event, eh.

[JohnG]

This is the first time I have used strobes - they will be Data Flash units. I have downladed the manual.

 

Does anyone have any hints re setup, warning signs, best practice, what not to do etc?

 

Dan

 

I love using the Data flash. Especially the biggest brightest flash for lightning effects. I experimented with them in 3 channel mode. If you run all 3 channels at full (its a big kapow) they trip an internal therm out switch very quickly. So I found what they will put up with by putting them on subs and finding the rate and intensity they will operate without tripping.

 

Also never re-address units with power on. I once saw a guy do this and the strobe let out a full flash to his eyes at point blank. He jerked back so hard I thought the lift was going to snap in half. It left him half blind for about 3 hours.

 

JG

[dbuckley]

If you actually put those signs up, I will kill you.

With hugs ¬_¬

Well, I printed them out 9 to A4, and now three little stickers are on the strobe which has just gone out to a teenagers party...