Thank you Mr. Cambell, believe it or not that all makes perfect sense to me and shall prove helpful in my thinking as I'm setting up my shots.
I've been a sports photographer for a little over 8 years and only a month or so ago became interested in learning light painting. Because I've refined my skills in low and adverse light, the camera setup for light painting was not a challenge. Hard part of that art form was the brush technics and tools to create the effects. With stationary models my hand held flash aimed to capture the subject and cast controlled shadows was relatively simple. Through my research into light paint however, I've also been drawn into other forms of long exposure photography and their technics. This is a HUGH difference in the thought process I'm accustomed to because now I'm controlling the light instead of trying to maximize the existing light. Bits of information the likes you just provided me will prove invaluable.
Thank you again,
John
