Forum: Photography


Subject: Advice needed on setup

TerraMatrix opened this issue on Jul 14, 2007 · 4 posts


TerraMatrix posted Sat, 14 July 2007 at 2:16 AM

Hi all, I'm preparing for a 10-20 image series that requires a moderate amount of setup and postwork, some of which I haven't done before, and just wanted to know if any of you see any problems with my planning. Simply put, I need to photograph people and place them into synthetic environments with cg elements. I plan to photograph the subjects against a neutral gray backdrop, either outside in the sunlight, or with 5,000-5,500 K lamps (unless the rendered background is going to be in shade). Lighting of virtual sets will be handled using HDRI probes. All distances and camera settings will be recorded.
Really the only thing I'm not sure about is if the lighting will be strong enough to cover the whole set (about 20x10 feet) without fading. Does anyone else have any experience with this?