Bill, Brooks, Roy and Friends
Bill is right regarding the big hi-powered strobe lights. As I
recall you had a Speed-o-tron setup. Put them on e-bay as they still
get a good return. I generally use several smaller Dyna-lites for doing
layouts as well as, most of my commercial projects.
Brooks is right about the smaller cameras doing a very good job.
One distinct advantage is actually getting the camera into tight areas.
A 6 mp camera will get you a full page photo if you don't need much
cropping. The first professional digital cameras ($10-30,000) were in
the 3-6 mp size and were very chunky. I do need a larger mp sized
cameras for my customers needs. But there are a lot of things besides
the mp count that make up the quality of the camera and it final image.
The biggest boo-boo most folks and some customers make is they think in
terms of the internet. The requirements for print usage and the
internet are very much different. More than once I've had a customer
complain that the image they emailed a publication wasn't good enough
when it looked just fine on the screen. So I have to explain the
differences in file preparation are vastly different.
And Roy is correct with the Helicon filter being a very good
product. Although I have only done some experiments with it, it works
very nicely. Although I have fooled it a couple of times and it has
taken some serious PhotoShop corrective work.
A few years back, I got a call from a local lawyer. He had built
an outstanding little layout (actually a large diorama) and photographed
it for a possible layout feature. Kalmbach replied that the modeling
was excellent but his photo work was lacking. The gentlemen then goes
and rents some flood lights and reshoots the entire thing. Kalmbach
then shot back with --it's better but sill not good enough--why don't
you call Bob Werre. I go out there and shoot it a third time. The
layout is excellent--George Seillos (sp) quality but only 2.5 by maybe
12 foot in a small bedroom. He had all the good angles picked, so we
worked to get all the technical stuff right and we get 6-8 great shots.
He then submits my images, and gets the reply back--great work but
where's the rest of the layout!? The layout is in a smallish room and
he has his home up for sale--end of story. The guy is very unhappy. A
couple of years ago, I get a call from Kalmbach and they now want to
publish the layout. They then pay me, but then apparently kill it again
as I've never seen it published.
A good friend said to me once--sometimes it's not winning or losing--
we're all playing different games!
Bob Werre
Bill Lane wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I am assuming that the original poster of this message is Brooks Stover
>judging by the Yahoo ID. It was not signed.
>
>I agree with most of what was said except the lights. You still need
>daylight compensated photo lights for good model photos if you can't move
>your "layout" outside. Fluorescent and incandescent lights are not color
>balanced. They produce flat and yellowish images. From my film days I have a
>studio flash set that I cant use now since it over exposes every time. I
>have since bought a studio hot light set with soft box diffusers. When on
>the tripod you can shoot at 1 second if you have to with no problems.
>
>I have a Fuji S20 Pro. I bought it because it is one of the few reasonably
>priced cameras that goes to F11. I have taken over 9000 photos with it so
>far.
>
>Thank You,
>Bill Lane
>
>
>
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