Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-07 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
[...] TR You do know that mixing hot lights and flash is going to make color TR balancing the shots difficult? Nothing a good custom printer could not TR handle but not something a mini-lab can fix. Hi Tom, sorry to interupt the thread, but how exactly would a custom printer handle it? It seems

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-06 Thread Dan Scott
Hi Ann, Thanks. Progressing in fits and starts. One problem with using available light is the living room is very dark, as the windows behind the rabbits couch are out and boarded up till I put in the new windows (real soon now...). I'll try a few shots with some 800 and available light and see

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-06 Thread Dan Scott
Lots of good advice: Graywolf, Higher wattage bulbs I can do. Ken, Sounds like a reasonable excuse for getting an Omnibounce. :-) DougF, Unfortunately, one of the windows is just for show at the moment, boarded up until I put the new windows in. I'll reduce the power on the flash, though.

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Dan Scott wrote: I took some photos to show off our new floors, but the lighting pretty much sucks. annsan replies: Doesn't look too bad to me, on the whole. Nice pad! However, take flash off, get the right film for the lighting, set camera on tripod, etc. Zillions will reply in detail,

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-05 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
, but the floor would still be rather dark. Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:52 PM Subject: how to light a room? I took some photos to show off our new floors, but the lighting

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
Message - From: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:52 PM Subject: how to light a room? I took some photos to show off our new floors, but the lighting pretty much sucks. http://homepage.mac.com/dkscott/PhotoAlbum2.html I used an AF-500FTZ

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:52:30 -0600, Dan Scott wrote: http://homepage.mac.com/dkscott/PhotoAlbum2.html I can take the flash off the camera, but I'm not a flash person, so I'm not sure what else to do. Anyone have any suggestions on using the combo I have, ZX-5n's on camera flash and the

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-05 Thread Doug Brewer
Since you're not a flash person, perhaps you should hotlight it. Get down to Ace and get some lights with clamps on them, then set them up where you think you need some light. Be careful about hotspots, and grab some white poster board to do a little bouncing/reducing contrast. Doug At

Re: how to light a room?

2002-01-05 Thread Bmacrae
I would try the daylight idea. Let a little light in and use the flash for fill or with another lightsource and bounce card. Also, I would wet the floors with a mop. That way they reflect more light. The added highlights would look nice and being damp would allow the spare lighting to go