mkdavis opened this issue on Jun 26, 2002 ยท 9 posts
Bobasaur posted Wed, 26 June 2002 at 1:04 PM
I love the idea - but I'd suggest lowering the intensity of the light coming from below. Her shirt, chin, and the neck of the guitar are almost white hot. If you need the light to be that bright to see the other items you might consider altering the diffuse setting for the relevant materials. Also you might consider setting up spotlights from above - a concert has plenty of those. If you use cool colors (like blues or purples) or even use warmer colors like reds and greens but lower the intensity, you may be able to add some interesting highlights as well as pop out her black hair and pants from the background. Also you might consider adding some bank to the camera. It's in a real neat place - down low like that - but by banking it (a "dutch tilt" in video terms) or even by simply moving her off center you can add to the "energy" of the image. Images where the subject is nice and centered and everything is perfectly symmetrical tend to look static. They're great if you want to communicate stability. Guitar players, however, are not stable ("take that however you want" he said with a knowing grin ). You've got a great start at creating a sense of energy and excitement by having the camera where it is. Tilting it will add to the sense of motion. Of course I'm assuming she's a rocker. If she's more of a ballad singer.... This is all just one guy's opinion. I'm learning too. Let us know when it's done!
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