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Shooting Light of a Candle? So I am in a photography class in high school. I want to shoot portraits using only the light of a candle. However, whenever I try this, my pictures come out to dark or with lots of motion! How can I fix this and make a beautiful picture? I am using 100 speed film.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Use a tripod and with no movement at all from the person. And don't expose for the flame, but for the light level away from the flame - which is going to be very low because the light has a steep fall off after only a few inches away from the flame. So increase you shutter speed.
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Kathy J. Cooper |
The tripod is a must, of course, but you may also try using a few candles instead of just one. You'll get the same warm lighting, just a bit more of it. If you decide to include the flame of the candle itself in your portraits, experiment with your f-stop to get anything from "glowing" flames to flames with moderate or even large "stars" radiating from them. Experiment. Experiment. Oh ... and never forget to have fun!!!!
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Michael McCullough |
Try a faster film I recommend Fuji 800,and a tripod 100 speed is very slow for this type of shooting and you are probably unable to get a high enough speed to prevent blur or movement,good luck!!!!
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