Hi, everyone:

i have a question for you all. I have an elderly dog that I cannot keep from blinking everytime my studio lights fire. I tried uing the red-eye feature, but that just barely helped at all. Does anyone know of ways to overcome this issue?

Thanks,
Earline

wait until he's sleeping - no, just kidding.

Try using constant lights with a reflector or shoot him outside under natural light. . .

I was thinking the same as Tony - natural light if possible. This may be a silly question, but in what configuration do you have your studio lights in?

James

I have a hair light above the doggy and two lights at 45 degrees to either side of her.

I tried pulling the light facing her further from her, but that did not help me. She just seems ultra sensitive to the flash.

Thanks!
Earline

Earline,
as Tony and James have said, either available natural light or photofloods mounted the same as the flash units.

I occasionally get very flash-sensitive dogs when I'm shooting shows and there is really no option in that situation. But in a controlled "studio" environment, you can set up a continuous lighting system that mimics your strobe set-up. I use that with very flash-sensitive people for portraits and it works great.

Good luck,

Jim