Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd rather shoot food anyway....Always desert after the job is finished. :-P Philippe Orlent wrote: > Thanks, Walt. We indeed interpreted it differently. And 'food' seems > also a good theme ffor the LUG contest. > Philippe > > > > Op 4-nov-06, om 02:50 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: > >> Philippe >> >> I thought we were talking about copy work with the artists prints >> being copied. Most of the artists I've done this type of work for >> are extremely particular. Color must be right and the horizontals >> and verticals must be straight. If they aren't you might have to >> crop into the body of the work. Food shots or any subject not >> hanging on the wall are a whole different ballgame. I have always >> shot my copy work at f 5.6 or f 8.0. That is the aperture giving the >> best definition, corner to corner, on most 35mm lenses. Maybe some >> kind of food shot might be a good subject for a monthly contest? >> >> Walt. >> >> Philippe Orlent wrote: >> >>> I do a lot of simple pack shots for certain graphic work this way. >>> PS gives me the latitude I need in that case. >>> Cheap, fast, simple, effective. Perfect for high pace work that >>> needs at least a bit of a 'look'. Tilting the camera (so no real >>> top or front top shot) combined with wide open diafragm give >>> beautiful DOF. A bit as food is shot today. See f.i. http:// >>> users.pandora.be/jean- pierre-wybauw/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Op 3-nov-06, om 23:29 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> Where time and money are changing hands I'd be reluctant to count >>>> on Mother Nature. In doing copy work simple but beautiful is no >>>> substitute for even and controlled. The idea would be to select a >>>> good location, set up your camera and lights and be able to >>>> efficiently repeat yourself till all is shot. A tripod is very >>>> necessary for this. The shooting situation you mentioned would be >>>> perfect for beautiful and casual images. Love window light. >>>> >>>> Walt >>>> >>>> Philippe Orlent wrote: >>>> >>>>> How about photographing them on a simple sheet of paper next to >>>>> a north facing window on a clouded day? Add a reflection screen >>>>> on the other side and you'll have simple but beautiful light. >>>>> An incident light meter will give you the proper exposure, and >>>>> a tripod stability if necessary. >>>>> >>>>> Or is this just too easy thinking? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Op 3-nov-06, om 22:20 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: >>>>> >>>>>> As has been mentioned, the Broncolors are specially costly. >>>>>> Back in the eighties I carried a couple of White Lightnings >>>>>> all over the southeast. Great units. >>>>>> >>>>>> Walt >>>>>> >>>>>> I've never used flash for flat copy work but that doesn't mean >>>>>> it won't work. Of course, the easy way might be to set them up >>>>>> and use high watt bulbs for the modeling lights and no flash. >>>>>> Want to make sure what you see is what you get with this kind >>>>>> of endeavor. >>>>>> >>>>>> Eric Korenman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have had no trouble with my 2 alienbess units - an 800 and a >>>>>>> 1600. >>>>>>> Both perform beautifully and were cheap (compared to my >>>>>>> Friend Broncolor >>>>>>> setup). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> He (a salty pro) claims there is 'something special' about >>>>>>> broncolor light. >>>>>>> I think he looks down his nose and my cheap and slightly >>>>>>> garish alienbees. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any truth to Broncolor light being that 'special'? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Eric >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/3/06, Gary Todoroff <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dittoes on the White Lightening customer service. Nice folks >>>>>>>> on the >>>>>>>> phone, fast turn-around and perfect repairs! >>>>>>>> Gary Todoroff >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >As far as Alien Bees go...they are pretty nice units, but >>>>>>>> the best >>>>>>>> >thing is their customer service. Paul Buff is about 8 >>>>>>>> miles from my >>>>>>>> house. >>>>>>>> >On the times I have had problems they have worked with me to >>>>>>>> get my >>>>>>>> >White Lightnings back up and running very quickly. Paul >>>>>>>> gave me a >>>>>>>> >tour one day, nice facility, nice people, GREAT customer >>>>>>>> >service. There may be better lights out there, but my >>>>>>>> experiences >>>>>>>> >with them are the reason I keep using their products. >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> >-- >>>>>>>> >Harrison McClary >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>>> information >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>> information >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>> information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >