Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The background is black velvet (which reflects pretty much no light) as far as the lighting: a diffuse soft light right of camera a diffuse soft light 1 stop less behind the camera a very slightly diffuse directional source with reflector above and left of camera (for shape) It's always a judgement call as to how much drama to bring to something like this. If I were shooting it for a catalog cover I would have increased contrast and drama as well as bring more atmosphere to the background. Yet, in this case, we needed to preserve detail throughout, remain unemotional and true; for study purposes. One thing I discovered - with these rich mid tone digital files - I can easily produce a more dramatic version in Lightroom or PS. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 11, 2008, at 1:48 AM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > Could you describe how you lit the object and kept the b/ground so > black? > > I don't have any information on the provenance for this work, but > given a choice, I like the side on view best.