#1 I've been reading through an old book -- Professional Portrait Lightings by Charles Abel. 1947. Good stuff. Each portrait has a layout and description of the lighting types. Some quartz, some incandescent, some flourescent. Some with snoots and others with diffusers. Got me wondering -- has anyone here ever experimented by rotating a set of lights around a model or still object to document the various lighting results? I'm thinking this might be fun one weekend. Constant light, controls, and fortunately the simplicity of a DSLR. But maybe some film just to see how it works in "real" b&w.
#2 I'm liking good HDR, but really disliking bad/over-done HDR. During yesterday's Rose Bowl there was a shot of an old residence in Oregon. But the shot had brilliant colors all around. Definitely HDR. It reminds me of today's popular portrait style -- lots of soft light so that all of the colors in the subject are clearly seen. But bad HDR looks like there is a white line surrounding every object. Ugly. Not realistic. I'm going through a little learning curve now to see how well it works in-camera (K-x). Do any of you use external stand-alone or PS HDR software? How heavily do you process? Has anyone stopped doing HDR? Why? Examples would be great. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
