Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-24 Thread Ken Waller
Looks more like Elvis is goosing Paul Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" Subject: Re: Setup manikins Paul Stenquist wrote: I have a full-size cardboard cutout of Elvis that I use to set up

Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yep. Me and my Elvis. He's keeping an eye on me now while I work. And he says I really should get back to work:-). Paul On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> I have a full-size cardboard cutout of Elvis that I use to set up my studio >> lights.

Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Paul Stenquist wrote: I have a full-size cardboard cutout of Elvis that I use to set up my studio lights. It's too dimensional so it's not much a lot of help with lighting, but it works for framing and exposure. And when shooting on white or pale backgrounds, I do get some approximation of

Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Stenquist I have a full-size cardboard cutout of Elvis that I use to set up my studio lights. It's too dimensional so it's not much a lot of help with lighting, but it works for framing and exposure. And when shooting on white or pale backgrounds, I do get some approximation of lighti

RE: Setup manikins

2011-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen I did a family photo shoot the other night for a friend. It was only my second photo shoot involving small children, and we ran into the issue of the very short sell-by date for children's attention spans. I had expected something like this, so I used the adults to set up and

Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-22 Thread David Parsons
Do them enough, and you just setup your lights how you like them and put the people in place. That way you aren't futzing around too much. There shouldn't be too much experimentation when 'clients' are involved. I do a fair bit of self portraiture to practice my lighting setups so I'll know how

Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 22/2/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> >>I had expected something like this, so I used the adults to set up and >>dial in the lighting.  Thinking about the issue, I was wondering if >>anyone who photographs children a lot has a lar

Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-22 Thread Cotty
On 22/2/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >I had expected something like this, so I used the adults to set up and >dial in the lighting. Thinking about the issue, I was wondering if >anyone who photographs children a lot has a large doll, or stuffed >animal that they use as a stunt d

Re: Setup manikins

2011-02-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have a full-size cardboard cutout of Elvis that I use to set up my studio lights. It's too dimensional so it's not much a lot of help with lighting, but it works for framing and exposure. And when shooting on white or pale backgrounds, I do get some approximation of lighting values based on th

Setup manikins

2011-02-22 Thread Larry Colen
I did a family photo shoot the other night for a friend. It was only my second photo shoot involving small children, and we ran into the issue of the very short sell-by date for children's attention spans. I had expected something like this, so I used the adults to set up and dial in the lig