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how to use colour filters for camera eg : filters for compensation of the scene claret
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John A. Lind |
Cleret, Looking at the scan you uploaded the color balancing looks fine. The white shirt is blown out . . . but that may just be the print or the digital scan. For flash used with daylight film, as was done in this photograph, filters should not be necessary. Whatever tweaking you could perform with filters can be more than adjusted by the lab during color balancing in making the print. The "flatness" of this image is caused more by lighting which filtering cannot improve. From looking at the catch lights in the subject's eyes and the shadows, the lighting in this photograph is very harsh, direct and frontal . . . almost on the axis of the lens. Several suggestions for making portraits of this type: 1. Use a diffuser on the flash to diffuse the light more . . . a diffusion panel or light box. This will soften shadows and remove the harshness. 2. Raise the height of the flash to about 8 - 14" directly above the camera lens. This type of lighting is called "butterfly." The exact height will depend on your distance to the subject. Try about 10" first. This will remove the "hot spot" reflection of light from the subject's forehead and provide a touch of toplight on the subject's hair. It should leave a small butterfly shaped shadow just below the subject's nose without leaving shadows on or under the eyes. 3. With the lighting elevated the subject's shadow will be lower than the subject. Move the subject farther away from the backdrop so that the shadow of the subject's head disappears completely below the shoulders. It will also make the backdrop slightly darker because it is farther and draw attention to the subject more. This is sometimes called low key lighting. The style I have described is one of the more popular. There are several other styles of lighting. If you are doing a lot of portraits I suggest you get a book on portrait lighting that covers how to set up "split," "Rembrandt," "loop," and "butterfly" portrait lighting patterns. -- John
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Frank Greer |
for the present forget about filters and spend a little time on the basics. first as a general rule dont pose a person strigh toward the camera as film only see's 2 dimentions and the photographer must create the feeling of depth. a slight angle to the camera axcess some where around 30 degrees left or right will help. next move the subject away from the background so that the shadow dissapears. If you only have one flash place thet aprox 2 feet above the subject at the camera or slightly left if subject is facing to right. shadows can be controlled by using a white sheet of tag board or other white material placed to the left side of subject to help reflect back light. If you are just starting in this area I would recommend a video tape on studio and lighting tech available in most public librarys
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