Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free flash photography


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   no consensus. HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   17:44, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Free flash photography

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Neologism. Cannot find the term (with this meaning) on Google, Google Books or strobist (flash photography) websites and blogs. This suggests the technique does not come under this or perhaps any one name and could be mentioned (if sources found) in Flash (photography). Colin°Talk 21:15, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Google searches for the three words seem to come up with other meanings, like a free class in flash photography or shadow-free flash photography. I'm not an expert but what the article says does not make much sense to me. If the flash is not timed to the shutter opening what use is it? BigJim707 (talk) 23:10, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:42, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * In this technique, shutter speed is in B and Subject in the dark environment, photograph use flash without sync. You can test and enjoy it. Jacopo188 (talk) 07:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Rename The page creator has suggested an alternative name: "Open flash". Searching for that does indeed find reliable sources discussing this technique with that name . It appears that English is not the creator's first language, hence the naming issue. I suggest the page is moved to Open flash and that term used instead. IMO this AfD can be closed once that is done. Colin°Talk 08:38, 16 November 2011 (UTC) I've added a comment about several uses of "open flash" to the talk page. I may expand the article with these later. Colin°Talk 09:04, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Flash (photography), which presently does not specifically mention open flash, although that was the technique used in the early days of "flash powder" from which the term "open flash" comes. It has a rich history Popular Mechanics, 1941 and was widely used with tripod mounted cameras which lacked a flash synchronizer. Edison (talk) 18:10, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.