Dick Roadknight wrote: 20th June >...........Spending all day taking multiple exposures on 5 x 4 >film...............must have been a difficult learning curve.
Calvers wrote: 20th June >...........I....light separate areas ........and blend together in >Photoshop......... Hi Dick and Calvers and all A lot of my work is in photographing large interiors such as cathedrals, abbeys and power stations etc. How you tackle it, really depends on where you think your skills lie. I have been doing this type of work for 30 odd years, so to set up 40,000 joules of flash lighting (20 - 30 units) in a cathedral is no big deal. It gives the flexibility of choosing which light source you want as the dominant factor. i.e. Daylight coming in through the windows, or allowing a mix of flash and tungsten to balance the light coming in through the windows, so that the stained glass is recorded faithfully. I say a mix, as I always go for mood effects in this type of photography. Warm tungsten lighting often give a mellow feeling to the stonework etc. Timing of when to press the shutter during the day, is as critical with large interiors as with exteriors. Using this technique, whether you use film or digital capture is irrelevant. Balancing the different light sources is the critical factor. What is often noticeable is that digital capture is often more sensitive to flash lighting than film, so you often require less power. The ratios are significantly different. How you spend your time in getting the final result is a matter of choice. For me, I get more satisfaction out of setting up the lighting over say, four hours than spending the equivalent time in blending images together in Photoshop. For smaller interiors, sadly the current vogue in house and property magazines, is to go for no balancing at all, hence one sees so many burnt out highlights and black shadows. But then, when you consider what magazines pay for photography, it is not surprising that people look for the short cuts to get the job done. I do not go down that route. But that is another story. Plug. I run seminars in this type of thing. Lighting of interiors, that is! Anyone interested, please contact off list. Kindest regards Norman Childs Mobile: +44(0)7831 519217 Tel: +44(0)1256 767611 Fax: +44(0)1256 767612 Website: http://www.greenshoots.co.uk =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
