I've never done anything of the sort you're describing here, just
ordinary interior architectural photography. Perhaps the storage room
is simply too big but the first thought that occurs to me is to turn the
flash units away from the subject and bounce all the light off the
walls. Great diffusion but, of course, very weak light and maybe
strange color casts. If the room is really big maybe you can set the
shutter on bulb and trigger the flashes multiple times.
Sounds line a very interesting problem. Let us know how it turns out.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/20/2011 1:14 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Tomorrow I have to shoot a new boiler in a dingy factory storage
> area, before it's loaded on the truck for delivery. It's 2.5m high
> and 2m wide (about 8ftx6ft), curved and made of dull stainless steel
> so it'll pick up dull colour reflections from everywhere and any
> flash will cause hot spots. I'll be in control of focus, the lighting
> rig will take about two hours and I will NOT be using my M4! That'd
> be no fun at all. Digital will allow me to experiment - like firing a
> big strip flash through a large sheet of bubble wrap instead of a
> white drop - no idea what will happen with that. Joy is not always a
> consideration.
>
> First time I've had a model that needed a forklift to position her
> although I have shot a couple of old boilers in the past. :-) Andrew
> Fildes afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 20/03/2011, at 5:34 AM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>
>> I second Bill's recommendation. You'll get much more joy from an
>> old Leica M3 or M4 where *you* are in control of focus.
>
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