On Mar 23, 2011, at 5:09 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > So far I haven't had problems with blown out background. But I will > soon. Because now I will start to light it directly.
When I use white seamless I *try* to blow out the background. And if I don't in the camera, I often do in post, using the dodge/burn tools. That's also how I get rid of ugly things in the background with a dark background. > I haven't had tools to trigger more than two flashes so far, but now I > have extra triggers, opening up new possibilities. > > What I've had metering difficulties with so far, is to see what part > of the histogram that _is_ the skin tones. > I'll pick up your idea of using the DSLR as a spot meter, by moving > closer to meter. The technique is familiar to me, but I haven't > thought about using it. Valuable input :-) Please share what you learn. I haven't done it a lot either, and I'm sure that you'll learn things I haven't figured out yet. > > Another thing I'm gone test out is to place the fill light closer to > me, instead of placing where a reflector usually is used. if I want to soften shadows, I'll often put the fill close to on axis of the camera. > > When I get rich, I'm gone buy flashes with modelling light. I've found > it really hard to place reflectors when I don't see where they bounce > the light. If you have a flashlight, it might not have the exact beam shape of your flashes, but it's probably close enough to fake as a modeling light, at least until you're rich enough to buy one. Or you could just take a picture, just using that one strobe, and see where it's light goes. > > -- > MaritimTim > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ > > > > 2011/3/24 Larry Colen <[email protected]>: >> >> On Mar 23, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: >> >>> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/03/o-d-johnson.html >>> >>> Thanks a bunch guys. For speedy and constructive comments. >>> Let me reply to the most important first. O. D. is my colleague, not my >>> college. >>> >>> What I do for metering? Errrh. Does chimp count as metering ;-) >>> What I do, is to chimp with histogram on. >>> >>> I'll most likely by a proper meter soon, but for the time being I must >>> settle with the histogram. There so many other important tools I need. >>> But I do need to be better at using the histogram. I've lost a few >>> shots because I didn't pay enough attention to the exposure. With >>> light background I'm usually OK, but I tend to misread the histogram, >>> when I'm using the black background. >> >> I don't think you can get a better meter than the histogram. But, you got >> to know how to use it. >> >> If you've got challenging lighting, like someone with a blowout white >> background: Take a throwaway shot that just has what you care about the >> exposure of in the frame, it doesn't even need to be in focus. That way the >> only thing the histogram will be metering is what matters. >> >> Or do several of these on various portions of the frame. >> >> Of course, you can always bracket in tough lighting situations. This is, of >> course, why I shoot so many frames. I try to take advantage of these >> features of digital photography to make sure I get the shot. For that >> matter, when I'm shooting film sometimes I use my DSLR as a light meter. >> >>> >>> In the last one, I had to settle with this odd crop. At least for the >>> time being. The reason is that I had the light stand in the frame. >>> Stupid mistake. I could clone it out, but didn't have time to do it >>> properly. >>> >>> -- >>> MaritimTim >>> >>> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
