Photonet don't load here. Happens every now and then BTW. So I cant see the pics. I'll have another look later.
But I do have one more question. What's the purpose of gold reflectors? Giving the subject a tan? :-) Could it be useful for balancing flash light with tungstein light? MritimTim 2008/5/22 Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've used flash filters. I once used them quite frequently, but I do > find them unnecessary, even for wedding receptions and ceremonies. Of > the last two receptions I shot, one was in a restaurant with tungsten > lighting. The warmer background combined with the cooler flash looked > great. The other was in a large banquet hall with a combination of > window light and tungsten. Couldn't match both in any case, and a > very minor bit of tweaking again produced nice results. > > Room 1 (rather dark with tungsten lights. Went for warm look, > supplementing light with flash off the ceiling, no filters) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5321295&size=lg > > Room 2 (A mix of tungsten and window light, piano player was in > shadow so hit her with flash through a white softbox, no filters) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6363403&size=lg > > I do keep a gold reflector and a couple of gels in my event kit, and > I'd use one or the other if my initial shots showed a need. Hasn't > happened yet. > > BTW Bill, you can't really do JCO mode. We all know you're a pussycat > at heart:-). In any case, it's wasted on me. > > Paul > > > On May 21, 2008, at 8:16 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul Stenquist" >> Subject: Re: Another flash topic: Colortemp and filters >> >> >>> No need to be sorry, Bill. With decent PhotoShop skills, lighting >>> balance is simple. >> >>> >>>> Sorry Paul. It's just not practical. >> >> >> <JCO Mode> >> As Mark mentioned, it can be done on a one off picture with layers >> and masks, and hopefully you >> don't have a lot of flash fall off to deal with or you can toos the >> entire idea out the window. >> I wouldn't want to try to do an entire wedding that way. >> It's far easier to just filter the flash to close to the ambient >> light and use the white balance >> to dial in the colour for both flash and ambient. >> Back before white balance, I used to do a lot of colourbacking >> (filter on flash to match the >> ambient, filter on camera to balance both). Being able to use white >> balance only removes the >> need to filter at the lens. You will still get much nicer results >> if you filter the flash. >> </JCO Mode> >> >> William Robb >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- MaritimTim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
