I enjoy photographing wildflowers and would enjoy it more if I could overcome this problem: the flowers wave in the slightest breeze, making it nearly impossible to stop down my lens for a proper depth of field and then get accurate exposure. It has crossed my mind that perhaps I should use a flash to illuminate the flowers, not as fill, but as primary illumination in order to "freeze" the moving plants with a fast shutter speed. My distances are close-up but not macro, say within five or six feet.
I know little about flash photography, having used a flash precisely once with my LF camera, and in a studio setting at that. All my lenses have PC connections so it should be doable. Is this a good idea? What flash should I use? Can anyone recommend techniques for LF photography outdoors with flash? I realize my background would appear darker on the film but that might look okay. Thanks.
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