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Thread: Two Images | Forum: Photography
Punkclown...Still producing fine work I see! I'm a sucker for dramatic lighting, end having spent countless hours setting up various lighting scenarious, I can truly appreciate it! Good stuff, even if by accident! -Andrew
Thread: portable lighting - and cheap? | Forum: Photography
By the way, try to steer clear of typical household/industrial halogen or tungsten bulbs unless shooting black and white. You'll have a heck of a time getting the color right in your post processing. If you have to use a "constant" light source, try the 3200 kelvin bulbs with the tungsten film. Or if you want portable, do the ceiling-bounce-flash thing!
Thread: portable lighting - and cheap? | Forum: Photography
Ok.. I have three recommendations... 1. Use a tungsten setup, (3200 deg. Kelvin bulbs), only a few dollars a piece. Purchase some tungsten balanced film. Regulate your light output by varying distance to subject and by diffusing or bouncing your light. Very inexpensive. 2. Setup a studio environment using inexpensive light stands, white umbrellas, and cheap $20 manual flash units with a sync cord. You can get very professional results with this method. You will, however, need a flash meter to get exposure just right. To vary your light output, you would again have to vary distance of umbrellas and or bounce and diffuse your light. If you cant afford umbrellas, try bouncing your flash units off a white wall and then onto the subject. Also an inexpensive way to achieve decent results. 3. Find a good dedicated flash for you camera. If you have a modern camera and a dedicated flash, you can get surprisingly decent results, although not "studio results", by bouncing a flash unit off white ceilings. This is a great way to obtain good spur of the moment results in dark situations. A decent flash may cost a couple hundred dollars, but once mastered, they can save your butt from time to time. All three under $200. They may not be perfect results, but they can get you close for next to no money! Hope that helps! -Andrew
Thread: Help me avoid blown out highlights | Forum: Photography
Softening the light would be one way to do it. I'm a traditional, "non-digital" type photographer though, so I would have a different approach. First, get a film with a better latitude. The most latitude you can get is with b&w film, so you may want to try that. If not, just find out a good color film with good latitude. My next suggestion is somewhat similar to the Ansel Adams "zone system". Take a light reading from the darkest area of the photo area and one reading from the lightest area of the photo area. This will tell you if you have enough latitude in your color film to keep all the detail in your picture. If your photo area has 3 or 4 stops difference from light to dark, most color films can handle that. So then what? Films typically handle more overexposure than under exposure and in a color film you usually only have one to one and a half stops of underexposure latitude. So take the reading you got from the darkest area in your photo (that you want to keep detail in), and add 1 to 1 1/2 stops. In your photo, if you want to keep detail in the inside of the microphone, which seems to be the darkest area, take a reading from that specific area, add 1 stop for color film or 2 stops for black and white, and you are done. I know you probably won't use a traditional camera, but maybe someone can use that information. Does that help any? Andrew
Thread: Update from below the Equator | Forum: Photography
Thread: Update from below the Equator | Forum: Photography
Marketing...Marketing...Marketing...Boy, you're good! lol Congratulations! I wish you luck, not that you need it! Signed, The Jealous One
Thread: Potential Texture Entries...Whatchathink? | Forum: Photography
PC, You call these lollies where you live? We call them gummy bears. Interesting stuff. Whodathunkit?
Thread: Potential Texture Entries...Whatchathink? | Forum: Photography
I think the first one is my favorite. I think it works very well as a photo but not so much as a texture. Am I wrong? Andrew
Thread: Potential Texture Entries...Whatchathink? | Forum: Photography
Thread: Potential Texture Entries...Whatchathink? | Forum: Photography
Thread: StarShuffler Career | Forum: Photography
Judging by her current displays of talent, I don't think she can go wrong! There's a lot of demand for her kind of talent.
Thread: Textures and croppings... | Forum: Photography
Thread: Now For Something Completely Different - 'Gothic' | Forum: Photography
Mike, I really like this pic. It has a very strong feeling to it. I really love how you emphasized the edges of the building... Great Job, Andrew
Thread: Stunt Photography I | Forum: Photography
Speaking from experience, if you must do this, DO NOT ZOOM WHILE DRIVING AND LOOKING THROUGH CAMERA!!! Seeing the cars in front of you hurl themselves at you at an incredible speed is not wise, especially at night! I nearly killed myself while zooming...=) Andrew
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Thread: June Monthly Challenge *CD cover* | Forum: Photography