The difficult part (to me) would be lighting control. Too much angle and stucco
looks like mountains. Too little and the texture doesn't show. The result is that
controlled fill flash can give you what you want. If you've got a stucco wall to
practice on, that might be best. You'll see how to control the texture appearance best.
You could also discuss with the customer's marketing personnel exactly
how the contrast should be displayed. Lots, little, very little. (A look at any
earlier work might tell you.)
Or, just bracket the heck out of it and shoot a lot of contrast options & let them
pick the one they're happiest with. Depends how professional you want/need to
come across.
:)
Collin
At 11:14 AM 10/31/2002 -0600, you wrote:
I have a building contractor who is asking me to take pictures of houses that have Stucco walls on the exterior of the house. The stucco will be the subject of emphasis in the exposures. Obviously texture, contrast and lighting angle of very important for this assignment. Being a wedding photographer I have a tendency to use portrait films (i.e. Fuji NPH and NPZ) and not films known for high contrast. I think somewhere on the PDML I heard that Kodak Portra is contrasty film. I will be shooting this with the 645n. Question is what film will give me good contrast to show the texture of the stucco and good color rendition.Thanks in advance, Glen O'Neal
