Lighting - some test shots
Discussion
I can now achieve a quite a bit more than I could with my £3 daylight bulbs 
Im struggling to get evenly blown out backgrounds though, the lower half of the photos are always darker. Any suggestions?
A few pics from today:
I can shoot moving things too, which opens a loads of new doors
Im struggling to get evenly blown out backgrounds though, the lower half of the photos are always darker. Any suggestions? A few pics from today:
I can shoot moving things too, which opens a loads of new doors
_dobbo_ said:
UKBob said:
, the lower half of the photos are always darker. Any suggestions?
Where are your lights relative to the item you are shooting? I'd guess if they are above you will get lighter areas at the top of the image.
I have tried moving the lights around. Currently, they are in front of the object and slightly to one side. The tent was supposed to come with a 90cm brolly, but came with a 125 (or 120?) cm brolly instead - its massive! Bigger than the entire tent. I guessed this would be good, as lighting would be more diffused, spread out and softer (thus reducing the effect of shadow further - am I right?)
poah said:
my tent has a small hole that you can take pics through so you can position lights at the front low down. helps alot
My lights are on stands which have a minimum height of "fairly high" (not sure how high, but far too high for 100% frontal lighting, they shine down on the tent somewhat)Oakey said:
Those photos are looking rather noisy
I turned the contrast up more than I usually would have done, and will be removing the noise as soon as I get a PS plugin to do so. I have more light than I've had in the past, which is good. imperialism2024 said:
Oakey said:
Those photos are looking rather noisy
Hmm but I do hear there's a new Canon coming out with an ISO 25 setting...
The larger umbrella will be giving you a more diffuse light. It looks like a light falloff problem to me, but you'd think with shooting using both umbrellas and a tent that the light would be evenly spread. I'd suggest using a flash meter to measure the amount of light at different heights inside and outside the tent to get an accurate idea of light levels.
As you can't drop the lights down you could try putting your table on a few bricks to move it further up towards the lights, that would allow a shallower angle for the lighting. Also try without the tent to see if that makes a difference.
As you can't drop the lights down you could try putting your table on a few bricks to move it further up towards the lights, that would allow a shallower angle for the lighting. Also try without the tent to see if that makes a difference.
Oakey said:
Rob, YHM (I think)
Got it, cheers te51cle said:
The larger umbrella will be giving you a more diffuse light. It looks like a light falloff problem to me, but you'd think with shooting using both umbrellas and a tent that the light would be evenly spread. I'd suggest using a flash meter to measure the amount of light at different heights inside and outside the tent to get an accurate idea of light levels.
As you can't drop the lights down you could try putting your table on a few bricks to move it further up towards the lights, that would allow a shallower angle for the lighting. Also try without the tent to see if that makes a difference.
I'll see how I get on, and will try proping the table up a bit. And I'll no doubt be back with more questions about meters (sounds like a good idea) sometime soon.As you can't drop the lights down you could try putting your table on a few bricks to move it further up towards the lights, that would allow a shallower angle for the lighting. Also try without the tent to see if that makes a difference.
imperialism2024 said:
UKBob said:
imperialism2024 said:
Oakey said:
Those photos are looking rather noisy
Hmm but I do hear there's a new Canon coming out with an ISO 25 setting...
Oh, it was a joke
Everyone should know I only keep up with news about good cameras...
Really getting on well with my new bowens lights. Love em to bits
Thats a 30 second processing job, which will be re processed properly when I have time...
The point is - [mad scientist]Its Working!![/mad scientist] And the stock portfolio continues to grow without the numerous unsightly shadows of the past
Thats a 30 second processing job, which will be re processed properly when I have time...
The point is - [mad scientist]Its Working!![/mad scientist] And the stock portfolio continues to grow without the numerous unsightly shadows of the past
Furyous said:
Oakey said:
Those photos are looking rather noisy
Please forgive my utter ignorance, but which or where is the noise on either of the pics ?
The only thing I thought I could see, turned out to be a bit of crap an my monitor.
I believe it's a joke regarding Rob's (justified) obsession with noise.
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