Strong ambient light is a problem with interiors that can be tough to
solve without flash. A classic approach is double exposure, but mixing
light source types (tungsten and/or flourescent with daylight) is very
tricky ... much easier to do with b&w. It's also hardly practical when
you are living in or using the space.
You could use tungsten studio lighting with gel filters over the sources
to balance the colour temperature, but again it takes a lot of effort.
Using bounced flash (with proper TTL or a flash meter) is the "easiest",
but it normally takes an assistant and as you say, you can't preview on
film unless you have a Polaroid camera for proofing. A flash meter,
especially one that can record multiple readings so you can meter
different areas, is almost mandatory if you can't preview or use a
Polaroid. How about using a small digicam to proof the lighting ratios?
Earl
Mike wrote:
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>>>>Well if I hadn't totally blown the budget on the ongoing kitchen project
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>>Hey Mike, would like to see some pictures of the new kitchen when finished.
>>Hope you plan to upload some.
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>>Fernando.
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>I plan to Fernando. I am going to practice on my own place before trying
>to shoot some of my commercial projects. So far I've had difficulty
>getting the lighting right. It's really hard to get even lighting within
>the latitude of the film. Multiple flashes tend to produce hot spots and
>bad reflections and shadows and it is impossible to anticipate the
>results. Ambient light has a much greater range of brightness to shadow
>than the film can handle. I'm going to experiment with flashes in
>combination with photo floods. Anyone else out there have any experience
>with this? I know Rob as done some interiors.
>
>Mike
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