Thank you very much, Paul.
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent. Very well done. > Paul > On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:03 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Thank you, Boris! >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If you did not tell I couldn't possibly have guessed... Excellent >>> photography! >>> >>> >>> Sent with AquaMail for Android >>> http://www.aqua-mail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On July 27, 2012 8:07:10 PM Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> For a fast look: "She is deciding my fate" ... >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7656572092/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> >>>> This gallery is of shots I did while helping my wife Louise on a >>>> documentary project she's creating about a local store called the Trap >>>> Door Boutique. The owner, Gabrielle Neveu, sells clothing and fashion >>>> "for the artistic professional" in the Junction area of Toronto's west >>>> end. >>>> >>>> This was a guerrilla shoot. We were operating within the boutique >>>> during their open hours, working around customers who were mostly >>>> bemused by our activity. (I think some came in because they were nosey >>>> and saw the lights.) We were in and out in two and a half hours. >>>> >>>> I was providing lighting for Louise to do video footage of our model, >>>> Marzi, getting crazy with the clothing that Gabbi was styling for us. >>>> I was sneaking in and shooting stills as best I could. Since this was >>>> for video I couldn't use flash, so I opted for a $30 garage >>>> work-light, 2 by 250 watt tungsten halogen bulbs on a short stand, >>>> that we had bought previously to try. To make this light less harsh >>>> and have it come from above rather than casting upward shadows, I >>>> added two light stands: one with a 44" silver reflector and the other >>>> with a reflective umbrella. I then aimed the two 250 watt heads from >>>> the work-light at each of the two reflectors. >>>> >>>> When I measured the light with my meter I discovered that 500 >>>> reflected watts doesn't actually go far. I was forced to shoot between >>>> f:2.8 and f:3.5 at 800 ISO and shutter speeds between 1/30th and >>>> 1/60th sec for the entire set. But the resulting light was unique and >>>> interesting. It was nice to work with WYSIWYG light: easy to see where >>>> shadows would fall and great for focussing. >>>> >>>> Tricky to work with the work lights though as they threw light >>>> everywhere, so accidental direct light leaks and flare were hard to >>>> avoid. I even had trouble with flare in the viewfinder! I just >>>> accepted the harsh shadows in some cases as creative accidents. ;-) >>>> >>>> Then there's the heat: oh my gawd. Sweat was pouring off me. I also >>>> was forced to shoot in close proximity to the light heads because we >>>> were in a very confined space between the clothing racks, changing >>>> booths and the cash desk. >>>> >>>> But despite all the restrictions, my keeper rate was astonishingly >>>> high. Louise chose 248 out of 302 shots to graft into her doc footage. >>>> I rejected many of those as too soft for me, and narrowed the keepers >>>> down, but it's still a large number. The seven in this gallery are >>>> just the extra-good ones that I've retouched first. >>>> >>>> >>>> So here's the gallery. The first seven shots are from this recent >>>> shoot (this past Wednesday), and the rest are from an art opening in >>>> the same boutique last fall. >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157630775756384/show/ >>>> >>>> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 SDM, 800 ISO, f:2.8-3.5. >>>> Lr 4.1, Ps 5.5 >>>> >>>> Comments welcome! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
