What are the advantages of using flashbulbs?
"The big pluses are they're inexpensive for the extreme level of power they generate. The quality of light is different from electronic strobes. Using bulbs shows details in shadows better. They take wrinkles away from faces. Personally, I consider the quality of light to be far more dramatic."
Where would a photographer use bulbs instead of other types of lighting equipment?
"Train photographers... often use flashbulbs, and there's a large following of photographers that shoot that way, whether they shoot pictures on the fly or posed. Many use bulbs as a direct light source when using an open shutter technique or when shooting different sections of a train at a time. Using Press 25 bulbs, they can light an entire train by simply moving a single flash unit along the length of the train, popping a bulb at each interval. They can put a dozen bulbs in their pockets and do the job without the burden of setting up multiple electronic strobes. Using bulbs makes such a job much easier.
"...The classic camera users-- purists, if you will--want to create pictures that look like the older shots using the original equipment. Voitlanders, Zeiss, and similar cameras come to mind. For instance, Graphlex camera users at several magazines and newspapers have contacted me in the last few months. One editor called me and told me that they wanted to recreate the look of the old sports scenes.
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