Not really, I've got about 3000 unread messages, some going back a few
months. I keep planning to mark the really old ones as read but haven't
gotten around to it. Every once in a while an old one pops to the top
and I don't notice...
On 9/27/2012 12:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
You're really digging deep into the archives for this GESO, Peter. I
guess that happens when list volume is light, like today. :-)
I appreciate the look and comment!
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:56 AM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks more like she's deciding your fate in 3.
On 7/27/2012 1:07 PM, Bruce Walker 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!
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