Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:09 AM 13/12/98 -0400, you wrote: >I can't speak for the photog you mentioned, but I have noticed a >substantial difference when photographing people in B&W under artificial >light that has been gelled one way or the other. Warm light tends to >portray skin tones better, cold light tends to enhance skin problems. >This can be used for effect when you test it all and understand what's >going on. I have never fully explored the concept, but I do know that the >color of the light on the subject as well as the color that ultimately >reaches the film has a great impact on the final B&W print. > >charles > Thank you Charles. I think this may be the reason why the photog in question was using this technique to photograph people (mainly Caucasians) indoors in B&W, mainly under fluorescent lights. It would be difficult to convince me that the technique in question can give results which are preferable to those obtained by conventional lighting techniques. If anyone has more information great, but otherwise there's no use in further pursuing this topic, which is only marginally on topic.