[Leica] IMGs: Behind the Scene on a Location Photo

[Douglas Barry]

Well, that worked very well, Alan. While I currently don't have studio 
lights, but I used to be the Light Guardian for my camera club for a few 
years. That meant I could use them any time, but since I moved house, I 
gave them up. Ironically, my son's interest in movie directing has 
prompted him to look for them recently, so from the net, I see sets have 
dramatically dropped in price.  I must admit I'm tempted.

On portrait lighting, I'd recommend anyone who's interested to consider 
Steve Bavister's book - 
https://www.amazon.com/Lighting-Portrait-Photography-Steve-Bavister/dp/2940378304 
as it does show many examples of lighting set diagrams of classical 
portraits by famous photographers.

Douglas


On 22/03/2017 04:13, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
> I don't know if this is of interest to anyone, but I was going through old
> images from when I was still working, and found before and after shots of
> the lighting for a shot I did on changing habits of media viewing.  This
> was to illustrate watching movies on a laptop computer, and was done in the
> film department screening room.  I wanted to suggest a darkened area, but
> still be able to see the setting.  It seemed important to show that this
> was a space used for traditional movie projection, so I didn't want a dark
> void surrounding the subjects.  I used a Lowel spotlight to bring out the
> edges of the seats, one to  backlight the women, two Photogenic mini-spots
> to light and edge light the seating, a Lowel Tota-Light to give separation
> to the far corner, and needed to use a 25 watt bare light bulb hidden by
> the top of the computer to light the faces (the screen would have been too
> dim).  The upper right spotlight is obscured by a flag that kept the light
> from flaring into the lens.
>
> The shot.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Lessons/DigitalMedia_MR_8157.jpg.html>
>
> The room lights on.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Lessons/DigitalMedia_MR_8159_Before.jpg.html>
>
> The final lighting.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Lessons/DigitalMedia_MR_8160_After.jpg.html>
>
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