 Amanda R. Milam |
Taking portraits with tungsten lighting? I recently bought a set of softboxes that use tungsten light. They are 1000 watts each and all my pictures seem to be coming out faded. I bought a 80-A filter for my camera and that corrected the yellow tint that I had in the pictures, now my problem is getting the pictures to come out sharp and clear. The room that I have them set up in is not very big so the lights are only about 4 ft away from the subject. Could that be the problem, are they too close? I also have been holding the camera instead of using a tripod. What would be the best film speed to use for this kind of photography? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Bob Cammarata |
What exactly do you mean by "faded"? A little under-exposed maybe? If so, a hand-held ambient light meter held at the subject...with the soft boxes in place will give you a good over-all exposure setting. You can also use a gray card to get a good exposure setting. Your "sharp and clear" issues may be a result of camera movement with a slow film, and a tripod and mechanical (or remote) shutter release will help to eliminate this. You can also take off the filter and get a tungsten-balanced film... (recognized by a "T" on the packaging.)
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Michael H. Cothran |
If you are serious about your studio work, and want better studio images, especially handheld, which I do not personally recommend, but that's just me, I would dump the continuous lights, and opt for some daylight balanced strobes. There's a gazillion brands on the market, most aiming at the "newbie" studio photographer, with easy-on-the-pockets pricing. Michael H. Cothran www.mhcphoto.net
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