[OM] Re: lighting

[Allen Coltrin]

Damn! good shot. Did you have to do much post production adjustments on it?

Allen

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From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: lighting
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:47:48 -0500

Who's doing the advising?

Buying power is OK if you're going to build on whatever you buy now but
what you were proposing to buy was not something to build on.  Two Alien
Bee 400's will give you 160 watt seconds on each light for a total of
320 watt seconds which is *much* more than enough for a small room.
When you're ready to add to a two light arrangement to use either three
or four lights and also to add more power you can add B800's and
relegate the smaller lights to hairlight and background.  Also, any
Alien Bee can be upgraded to equal its more powerful brethren for the
price difference between the two plus a $25 conversion charge.

This should give you an indication of power requirements.  It's a
wedding party in a dark old wooden barn.  It's lit with four Alien Bee
B800's running at about 30% power without diffusers plus a pair of
T-32's at full power shooting through an umbrella.  Total estimated watt
seconds... a little under 600 to light the entire 90 foot long dark
wooden barn at ISO 400, f/9 @ 1/4 second.
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/smith%20barn/group%20shot%20proof%20-%20img_0382_std.jpg>

Chuck Norcutt


Allen Coltrin wrote:
 > It is what I was advised to get as a basis if I choose to build on it.
 >
 > Allen

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