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Flash Photography Flash photography can be as simple as activating the built in strobe
on your camera, or as complex as using multiple, high-powered flash units which are controlled and synchronized by radio receivers.
IT photo. Granite City, Illinois. Respondek power. Equipment - Canon
50D. Exposure - 200th at F8.0. ISO 400. Lighting - Three Alien Bee 1600s. Copyright 2010 Chris Guss
CN train M397 awaits our southbound departure from Matteson, IL on
the coldest night of the year. Equipment - Nikon FA with a 35mm f2.8 lens. Exposure – 45 seconds @ F8. Shot on Fuji
Provia 100 film. Illuminated with multiple full power flashes from a Nikon SB-24 boosted by an SD-8 battery pack. Copyright
2009 David P. Allenson
This photograph was taken while I worked as an engineer for the Canadian
National. It is August, 2005, and we were waiting for authority to enter the CN at Pekin, IL. The train was delivered by the
BNSF to North Pekin. We took over for the rest of this train's trip to Decatur, IL where the train was delivered to Tate&Lyle
(formerly A.E. Staley). Equipment - Nikon FE-2, set on a small tripod that I carried with me for such occasions. Exposure
– Approximately 45 seconds @ f8. Lighting - #5 flashbulbs in a Graflex 2 cell flashgun were used to illuminate the side
of the locomotive. David P. Allenson
The Wisconsin and Southern’s ABA set of E units are at Spring
Grove, Illinois on August 24, 2008. The units spent the night here and continued on to Janesville the next day. We were so
caught up with photographing the E units that we didn’t even think about the Janesville to Chicago freight until we
heard the horn in the distance. There was no time to reposition the strobes, so the end result was this “grab shot”.
As with daylight photography, when a surprise situation presents itself, just shoot anyway. Sometimes the results are pretty
good. Equipment – Nikon D200. Exposure – 1/13th second, f5.6, ISO 800. Lighting – Five Metz 402 strobes
fired with Pocket Wizard Plus II radio units. R.R. Conway – Ken Caflisch
Norfolk Southern F units at Monticello, Illinois. Equipment Canon 50D.
Exposure 24 seconds at f 5.6. ISO 200. Two Alien Bee B800 lights hand held. Copyright 2009 Chris Guss and Jon
Roma
IC 8733 joins the NS F units at Monticello, Illinois. Equipment - Canon
50D. Exposure - 17 seconds at f 5.6. ISO 320. Two Alien Bee B800 lights hand held. Copyright 2009 Chris Guss
and Erik Coleman
Colorado and Southern U30C #890 is in Kansas City, Missouri
on March 7, 2009. The unit is not a former C&S locomotive at all, but in reality is former Detroit Edison #011. A couple
of individuals with too much time on their hands decided to put a lot of effort and money into repainting the unit in the
Burlington Route’s “Chinese Red” color scheme for fun. The locomotive was scrapped a few months later! Both photos - Karl Samson |
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