[Leica] Re: Help with studio lighting: PAW 7

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Thanks Don, I will have a chat to Helen about sacrificing a sheet or  
two ;-)

Cheers
On 14/02/2005, at 12:30 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> Alistair,
> A light tent is an easy thing to create.  Find some white translucent
> material such as a white sheet, white shirt, you get the drift.  Set up
> your shot with the intended background curving up so the tent will not
> show.  Drape the tent so that you can shoot through an opening at the
> angle you want.  The room does not need to be dark, but you will have  
> to
> watch the color of the room light.
>
> If you have an R8, then use any old flash and use the flash meter.  If
> you choose to use the Digilux, then you can use tungsten lights and do  
> a
> custom white balance.  If your sister and wife want you to do this on a
> long term basis then you can buy commercial tents for not that much.
> See:
>
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? 
> O=NavBar&A=search&Q=&ci=
> 1410
>
> There are not really any rules, just tried and true methods for adding
> or removing reflections.  For example, if you cut up some strips of
> Roscoe gels just off camera then you will add some diffuse bands of
> color that might enliven the scene.
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Help with studio lighting: PAW 7
>
> Thanks: I presume that with a light tent the studio will have to be
> dark, so it sounds like an after hour job. Should I use flash guns
> behind some diffusing material to create such an artificial "sun"? Any
> simple light tent solutions?
>
> Cheers
> On 14/02/2005, at 3:29 AM, Eric wrote:
>
>> Alastair:
>>
>>> Lighting pearls was harder than I had expected. Those shiny
>>> surfaces bounce light everywhere
>>
>> I'd look at using a light tent or something similar to help control
> the
>> lighting.  You're not really photographing the pearls as much as you
>> are
>> photographing what they reflect.  A tent might help control some of
> the
>> specular highlights.  And make them more neutral, too.
>>
>> Something to play with would be to add some kind of object that would
>> show
>> up in the reflections.  That can be fun, too.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Eric
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