Jeff Keller wrote:
> If you have the option, use your alien bees to provide nearly all of the
> light. Mixing natural light, incandescent light, and strobe light almost
> guarantees you'll have plenty of work.
Not necessarily. I had an intersting lesson in this subject from my
photo mentor just last year. I was assisting him shooting photos of
numerous paintings to make a brochure for a local artist. His studio's
north wall is almost entirely very large windows (early 1900's school
house). It was a somewhat overcast day. The light outside was
definitely not sunny-16 but was still fairly bright. No need for room
lights in the studio. It was obvious that he intended to use his
strobes to light the paintings so I offered to close the shades on the
windows. He said, "Thanks, but that won't be necessary".
Chuck uses a flash meter which should
> be very helpful. You would be able to set your lights so that they were
> stronger than other sources without necessarily completely overwhelming all
> ambient light.
So I stood there rather incredulous until he said get out your meter.
To make a long story short, after setting up the lights he told me to
measure the flash and then measure the ambient. The ambient, bright as
it was, was *5 stops down* from the flash. For all practical purposes,
completely invisible. Lesson learned. There's more than one way to
skin a... a... a.. uh. Sorry, cat lovers!
Chuck Norcutt
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