Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congrats Chris on the grant. Nice looking lighting arrangement which certainly works on your Leicas. I hope your infection clears up quickly, and that you're back fully on your feet again soon. Douglas On 05/03/2021 17:45, Christopher Crawford wrote: > Last month, the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne announced that > they were offering grants of up to $2500 to help artists in Fort Wayne who > have lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant, called > "Re-Imagining Your Artistic Practice," was to be used to pay for things > that would help the funded artists make money during the pandemic. > Examples they gave could include things like having a website built or > buying equipment. > > > > Before COVID, a big part of my income was teaching photography lessons to > individuals. I stopped doing this because I don't want to meet with people > and risk getting sick, as I have a history of getting nasty respiratory > infections even before COVID. I have a tutorials website that includes > written tutorials and videos where I teach a variety of photographic > techniques, including film developing, scanning, and digital photo editing. > > > > The videos that have me in them, like the film developing tutorials, don't > look as good as they could because of poor lighting. The studio lighting I > had was a set of studio strobes, which are not suitable for video work; I > needed a set of good LED studio lights, so I wrote a grant proposal asking > for the money to buy some. > > > > Last week, I received a check for $2500! I finally got a set of two lights > and a couple of stands for them yesterday. I don't want to do any videos > yet because I have been sick for more than a month now with a bronchial > infection that just won't go away, despite repeated antibiotic treatments. > So, I did a studio 'portrait' of some of my cameras, just to test the > lights to see if they worked well and had good color rendering. > > > > Here?s the photo I made: > > http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/examples/led-studio/images/3050053.jpg > > > > Here's the setup I used to make the photo. Nothing fancy, just a quick > shot on my dining room table. > > http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/examples/led-studio/images/3050017.jpg > > > > >