Forum: Photography


Subject: Need Tips For Shooting Facial Texture / Reference Photos For 3D Characters

XxDarkMessiahxX opened this issue on Mar 28, 2009 · 7 posts


MGD posted Sat, 04 April 2009 at 7:37 PM

Indoors ... studio lights ... in that case, you'll also have to consider color temperature. 

Tungsten (incandescant) lamps have a low color temperature and will give a yellowish light. 

Daylight balanced floods will be better to use. 

Please review the second part of the Light test message thread.  You will find comments about color temperature and studio lights. 

Here is part of it that was Posted Sun, Mar 8, 2009 10:16 pm ,,,

You need to consider Color Temperature.  Check this Color Temperature Chart
and this page on Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)

Your bulbs might be Tungsten at 3400 Kelvin
... but you might want Daylight or Flash at 5500 to 5600 Kelvin. 

BTW, Tungsten at 3400 Kelvin isn't necessarily wrong ... in fact, it would
be the best lighting for film that is balanced for that kind of light source. 

Aaaaaahhhhhh ... but then again, you aren't shooting film. 

Hope this helps ... ask questions if unsure ...

Comments, please ...

--Martin