Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 21 September 2000, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > I'm of the one light school. > When you walk down the street how many lights are shining on you? > > I'd rather use the white > floor or a reflector for fill than a second light. > I just use a second light head to light up the backdrop, that doesn't count. > The main thing is the quality of your main light. It's size and distance from > it's subject. > Mark W. Rabiner > of the Monoluministic cult > :) Yep there's one _main_ light outdoors but secondary lighting can make a difference where I file my slides: circular file or keepers file. I'm also monoluministic but to say that the main light is the main thing is over-simplification, IMHO. Often there are natural or psuedo-natural reflectors that make the light far more useful or interesting: the light reflecting off skyscraper windows in Gib Robinson's cityscapes come to mind, and the light reflecting up from a hillside of dry grass can be used to light the underside of hawks overhead. I prefer to use naturally-occurring secondary lighting but that's because it's what I'm interested in. If secondary twinky lights produce the effect someone wants, use 'em! On a somewhat related thought, is there much difference between manipulating light and manipulating pixels? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.