I bet you could get some really interesting images at that location. I'd be thinking about how to use that zebra rug...! As colorful as the studio is, I think it would look amazing in black & white.
Looks like there are some good-sized windows in there. As long as it's ok with your studio-owner friend, I wouldn't be shy about moving the furniture around a bit to take advantage of the natural light, wherever it's landing. Custom white balance (or use a gray card) is your friend here, too. Especially with a mix of lighting sources and yellow cast... and the mixture could change, depending on where you are in the room, so you may have to customize more than once. I would also consider bringing some kind of reflector (posterboard or foam core works), to bounce natural light back onto your model as fill. That might help minimize the red/yellow cast, too. Good luck! -c On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > [Insert standard caveats regarding utter lack of experience, here.] > > I've managed to get a young former co-worker to agree to pose for me in > order to get some experience taking photos of human subjects. She's > actually eager to do so, which is nice. But, given the fact that I've not > done this before, I figured I'd get some tips from folks who have more > experience that I do -- which would be any at all. > > I've arranged to do the shoot at a friend of mine's studio, where he creates > western/cowboy art, tomorrow. The studio is, of course, a setting where > that sort of thing would fit in -- i.e., the floors are oak and there's > yellow pine on the walls and ceilings. There's not a whole lot of > artificial light -- mostly ambient, and some very dim light from chandeliers > that he's created. And, obviously, I don't have anything in the way of > studio lighting to take with me. > > I'm planning on doing the shoot in the afternoon, when there will be plenty > of available light, but I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to get > the best results for skin tones in an atmosphere that's going to be highly > saturated in reds and yellows. (I'm obviously going to do some B&W work, > too.) > > Anyway, here's a small gallery of some images from the studio: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/Ldotters/MacPhailSStudio?feat=directlink > > Any tips on how to get the most out of the shoot would be very much > appreciated. I've already let the model know to be sure and bring several > outfits and and makeup, and described the room (yellow pine, etc.) Anything > else I should keep in mind (aside from the standard cautions regarding model > releases)? > > Thanks! > > Walt > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
