OT Name of Photographer that did flash shots of steam trains?

I've seen some excellent pictures of steam trains taken at night.

It is obvious that the photographer fired a LOT of flash bulbs to
create the picture.

One that pops to mind shows a drive in movie with a steam train in
the background.

Does anyone know the name of the photographer and where his works
can be viewed/purchased?

I know it isn't digital...but we all came from film (or at least most
of us <g>)


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Scott in Florida

 

Scott in Florida asks:

O. Winston Link, and there's a museum of his works in an old railroad station
in Roanoke, VA. I'd imagine you could google up some sources of his photos for
sale, including at the museum.

Never mind. I got curious: http://www.linkmuseum.org/

They've got a store.

Enjoy.

Charlie Self
"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other
is pulling up." Booker T. Washington

 

O Winston Link. He died last year - in his 90s. He was teh master of the
multiple flash set-up back in the days when you had to replace every bulb
after each shot.

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Winston served as inspiration for my older Aussie spelunker brother. BJ
used this technique to shoot a wideangle multiple exposure of a large
cave scene. Using an IR remote, the image showed him standing next to
all ten flashpole units (only one that was moved for each exposure),
with all interior surfaces well illuminated regardless of the flash
angle. IIRC, this image won him some sorta club award about 15 years ago.

 

In Message-ID:<2vccd.25997$> posted

I think it was back in the late 50s that Sylvania used to have an
ongoing contest for suggestions of large subjects, details were on the
back of every carton of Press 25-b bulbs.

 

A tip of the hat to ya!

Thanks!

An amazing talent. He made the steam era live on...


--
Scott in Florida

 

O Winston Link. He died last year - in his 90s. He was teh master of the

No AG1Bs back then? :>)

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
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I think the little AG1s came out about that time, and a fourplex version
was introduced a few years later called a flashcube, but the P25s and
M5s had been around much longer, were more common, and actually had a
range that was useful out doors.

 

<< No AG1Bs back then? :>) >>

Mike-

I don't think ANY bulbs were readily available in the "B" version back then.
As I recall, printers had to flip in a different filter for flash pictures,
since they were usually made with bare flash.

I think the AG-1 was introduced in the 60s. That tiny bulb was possible
because film speed was rising. Kodacolor was up to ASA 32, or was it 64 in the
60s? At that time blue bulbs were introduced for color, and Kodacolor's mask
was changed.

Today's electronic flash guns put out about as much light as the AG-1B, maybe!

Fred

 

Today's electronic flash guns put out about as much light as the AG-1B,

Which brings up the question, what would the guide number have been for an
AG-1B? Ah, the memories! Someone else mentioned flashcubes. I don't
recall their recycle time (but I have dim memories of it being virtually
zero; no charging time, just go-go-go-go and bang off four shots very
quickly). Wasn't there also a strip of maybe 6 bulbs that someone used?

Wouldn't it be a kick if someone came out with a flashcube-type design for
burst-mode applications?

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:

You mean like a rotating strobe head with 4 or maybe even 8 faces, all
charged up and ready to fire? I suspect this strobe array would need
guy wires incorporated into the attachment.

 

75, for feet and ASA 100.

 

If I remember correctly the 25's were the little bayonet bulbs used
for indoor photography and the larger standard bulb was the 11 (still
have some- about the size of a 60 bulb with the same base) or 22's for
long distance. I had an adapter for my gun to use the 25's for indoor
flash. I think we used 22's for nighttime football games.

 

In Message-ID:<y9ycd.31726$> posted

They were called "FlipFlash", not very popular, and came after the
magi-cube/ag-1 era.
They worked like a jungle clip magazine so that after the first five
were fired, you had to "flip" it.

The consideration in having a burst mode with incandescent flashes is
the ignition to peak light output delay time, M synchronization, that
would limit the repetition rate.

 

Ironic as it may seem, I used to carry a pocket full of P25Bs when out
and about, but used the Edison screw base PF60s and PF100s at home where
we had suitable apparatus to hold and fire several of them at once.
This was back in the late60s/early70s and I doubt you would even find
those except in a museum.
We had a couple Honneywell Strobonar 660s and a slave trigger but the
bulbs were more reliable.

One thing I'll never forget was the burning smell of the plastic shatter
coating on flashbulbs. ;-)

 

Wow. Flahback! And the first time you were in a hurry;
tried to take one out without giving it enough time to
cool

And the old (obligatory) joke... "I *know* the bulbs
were all good, I tested every one of them"

Ken