Hi Paul, i didn't took the time to read all the thread so you may get duplicated offerings..
For me, i got 4 different chrome balls scales … 3 inches, 6 inches, 9 inches and 12 inches.. (garden decorations) … that do all we need for us. Got my DSLR on one tripod and my chrome ball on another one. I even use my finder ring if i need to place it on a table or on the ground. Important thing is to have something that will allow you to solidify your chrome ball on the tripod. Like a screw or something. Because sometimes it gets windy and you don't want your ball to fall on the concrete… Or some blue gum paste to stick it… I normally shoot 12-15 exposures with 1-3 stops diffenrencial depending on my ISO setting.. From total black to total white. Of course proper white balance is better but you know you'll be grading them to match the grading of the actual material… so .. I now simply use photoshop with the new HDR merge tool .. Works pretty dam good. What is fun onset is how much we draw attention with our alien's setup … but we must get fast. I always ask the first AD 5 mins after shots are done without any lighting setup change. And i also ask them that the crew get out while i am shooting. Wich they normally understand pretty well. You let the creative go on the next location, and have the gaffers, electros, etc just waiting in the back!.. You must have a shutter remote so that you don't move the camera while pressing the shutter release. So you setup your focus, and without auto focus on…. you stand there clicking, changing f-stops, clicking, changing f-stop, etc… until you have all your LDR images captured. i also like to take a bad ass panorama just to see the set. I often do this with my mobile phone panorama application while they are shooting principal photography. Very usefull …. Always make yourself a good friend of the Director, First Assistant Director and DP …. they will let you do your stuff without hiccups then! hope it helps! sly Sylvain Lebeau // SHED V-P/Visual effects supervisor 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM <http://WWW.SHEDMTL.COM> On 2013-01-15, at 4:27 PM, Paul Griswold wrote: > Hey guys - > > I've been asked to help out on the show "Film Riot", and one of the things we > were discussing is creating your own HDR images. > > I know HDRLabs has a ton of great info, but I was curious to know if anyone > else had any good info or resources on the subject that I could pass along. > > It's not something I normally do, so I wanted to make sure I was giving them > up-to-date info. > > Thanks, > > Paul >
