Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Walt. We indeed interpreted it differently. And 'food' seems also a good theme ffor the LUG contest. Philippe Op 4-nov-06, om 02:50 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: > Philippe > > I thought we were talking about copy work with the artists prints > being copied. Most of the artists I've done this type of work for > are extremely particular. Color must be right and the horizontals > and verticals must be straight. If they aren't you might have to > crop into the body of the work. Food shots or any subject not > hanging on the wall are a whole different ballgame. I have always > shot my copy work at f 5.6 or f 8.0. That is the aperture giving > the best definition, corner to corner, on most 35mm lenses. Maybe > some kind of food shot might be a good subject for a monthly contest? > > Walt. > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> I do a lot of simple pack shots for certain graphic work this way. >> PS gives me the latitude I need in that case. >> Cheap, fast, simple, effective. Perfect for high pace work that >> needs at least a bit of a 'look'. Tilting the camera (so no real >> top or front top shot) combined with wide open diafragm give >> beautiful DOF. A bit as food is shot today. See f.i. http:// >> users.pandora.be/jean- pierre-wybauw/ >> >> >> >> Op 3-nov-06, om 23:29 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: >> >>> Where time and money are changing hands I'd be reluctant to >>> count on Mother Nature. In doing copy work simple but beautiful >>> is no substitute for even and controlled. The idea would be to >>> select a good location, set up your camera and lights and be >>> able to efficiently repeat yourself till all is shot. A tripod >>> is very necessary for this. The shooting situation you mentioned >>> would be perfect for beautiful and casual images. Love window >>> light. >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> Philippe Orlent wrote: >>> >>>> How about photographing them on a simple sheet of paper next to >>>> a north facing window on a clouded day? Add a reflection >>>> screen on the other side and you'll have simple but beautiful >>>> light. >>>> An incident light meter will give you the proper exposure, and >>>> a tripod stability if necessary. >>>> >>>> Or is this just too easy thinking? >>>> >>>> >>>> Op 3-nov-06, om 22:20 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: >>>> >>>>> As has been mentioned, the Broncolors are specially costly. >>>>> Back in the eighties I carried a couple of White Lightnings >>>>> all over the southeast. Great units. >>>>> >>>>> Walt >>>>> >>>>> I've never used flash for flat copy work but that doesn't mean >>>>> it won't work. Of course, the easy way might be to set them >>>>> up and use high watt bulbs for the modeling lights and no >>>>> flash. Want to make sure what you see is what you get with >>>>> this kind of endeavor. >>>>> >>>>> Eric Korenman wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have had no trouble with my 2 alienbess units - an 800 and >>>>>> a 1600. >>>>>> Both perform beautifully and were cheap (compared to my >>>>>> Friend Broncolor >>>>>> setup). >>>>>> >>>>>> He (a salty pro) claims there is 'something special' about >>>>>> broncolor light. >>>>>> I think he looks down his nose and my cheap and slightly >>>>>> garish alienbees. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any truth to Broncolor light being that 'special'? >>>>>> >>>>>> Eric >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/3/06, Gary Todoroff <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dittoes on the White Lightening customer service. Nice folks >>>>>>> on the >>>>>>> phone, fast turn-around and perfect repairs! >>>>>>> Gary Todoroff >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >As far as Alien Bees go...they are pretty nice units, but >>>>>>> the best >>>>>>> >thing is their customer service. Paul Buff is about 8 >>>>>>> miles from my >>>>>>> house. >>>>>>> >On the times I have had problems they have worked with me >>>>>>> to get my >>>>>>> >White Lightnings back up and running very quickly. Paul >>>>>>> gave me a >>>>>>> >tour one day, nice facility, nice people, GREAT customer >>>>>>> >service. There may be better lights out there, but my >>>>>>> experiences >>>>>>> >with them are the reason I keep using their products. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >-- >>>>>>> >Harrison McClary >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>> information >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>> information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >