I'd go with Fuji Provia/Sensia 100 for good contract and color. You might consider Fuji Velvia, though the colors could become too vivid.
If you go with Velvia, expose it as it ASA 32 - 40. Provia and Sensia are right on the button. Try early morning or late afternoon light. Regards, Alex -----Original Message----- From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:collinb@;safe-t.net] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shooting Houses Stucco Walls Kodak's VC is contrasty and more suitable than NC (which is best for portraits). 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
