Thanks AG. but my interest is different from most list members. I take
pictures of empty rooms. Chuck seems to get his ceilings fairly evenly
lighted without odd shadows anywhere.
I most often have the strobes off the camera and can use whatever
exposure time I need to capture the image. I use the flash to soften
shadows and to wash out yellow green flourescent light.
I seldom want truly even light. An essentially empty room isn't very
interesting if it is evenly ligted. I will use strobes to have
"sunlight" pour out of an open door into a hallway or into another
room.
Bounce lighting seldom works. More often I'll put the on camera flash
in telemode in an attempt to brighten the far end.
Keeping incandescent lights natural is very important. Flourescent
lights seem to always be a problem that I can at best, try to
minimize. Warming up a room is more of an effort to eliminate blue
spots on ceilings etc. The only good way I've been able to handle that
is to put color correcting filters on the flash. That should work well
for weddings etc.
If the wall is textured, I usually look for ways to bringout the "skin
imperfections".
Quickly getting good results is my challenge. I'm always looking at
flash pictures trying to pick up ideas. Thanks,
-jeff
On 11/1/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Agreed! Rakish lighting used for artistic intent is good for
> the occasional shot, but almost all images for a wedding shoot
> will be of the normal front-fill lighting. By putting the
> ambient light 2 stops under the strobes, this does several
> things for you:
>
>
> 2. It shows candles and the mood lighting that look "normal",
>
>
> 4. It warms up the image. Images which are 100% flash lit tend
> to be a bit more cold and uninviting. I like my backgrounds to
> be a little bit warmer to bring the subject out.
>
> 5. A flash with an Ultrabounce or Omnibounce will reflect light
> off of a ceiling which ends up lighting the background some.
> This creates a nice smooth exposure fall-off
>
> 6. Smoother skin and better skintones. By using the ambient
> light to fill in the shadows you are reducing the amount of
> contrast on the skin. The skin will be a whole lot less "shiny"
> too during hot summer months.
>
> AG
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