Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your suggestion is welcome and definitely not too late! I'll be exerimenting - and learning! Thank you and best regards, Adam On 9/17/06, Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote: > Adam: I'm about 7 digests behind, but just in case no one has suggested > this. .. > > Reflections are polarized. So perhaps a polarizing filter would help. If > you have any polarizing filter lying around, try looking through it while > rotating it and see if it helps. Experiment with the lights at the same > time. Some combination of lighting and polarization may do the trick. > > In product photography, I've heard of photographers putting polarizing gels > on their studio lights and using one on the lens as well. This helps tame > reflections from multiple lights, where a polarizer on the lens might > eliminate reflections from only one unpolarized light at a time. > > --Peter > > At 08:21 PM 9/16/2006 -0700, Adam Bridge wrote: > >I want to photograph, well, our newly remodeled kitchen. But I have a > >problem: the shiney granite counter tops reflect the ceiling lights > >(canned warm flourescents) which makes them hard to photograph. > > > >How should I go about shooting the kitchen to reveal the beautiful > >granite and cabinets while still having the kitchen look natural. I > >have a good assortment of either strobes or hot lights to illuminate > >as needed. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >