Problems at the Thursday night jam sessions include no ability to bounce. The ceilings are not really there because it is a warehouse of sorts, an old hardware store. Cannot place anything behind the performers, as they can knock it over. Tried that. My key light, last week was on a small tabletop tripod on the lockers to my right. That is directly on the side of their faces. I get different looks as they turn their heads while playing or singing. The two weeks previously, I had the key light on a table to my right in a small silver reflector. Not knowing math, that is 45 degrees to me. That got me dark backgrounds because I was going for ISO 800 at 1/125 at F4 for quality. So, last week, I went back to ISO 3200. You can see this stuff in my Facebook folders. It takes me almost a week to get each session up but I am enjoying playing with flash techniques, rather than just all available light as before, which is the idea of this thread.
Problems at the Thursday night jam sessions include no ability to bounce. The ceilings are not really there because it is a warehouse of sorts, an old hardware store. Cannot place anything behind the performers, as they can knock it over. Tried that. My key light, last week was on a small tabletop tripod on the lockers to my right. That is directly on the side of their faces. I get different looks as they turn their heads while playing or singing. The two weeks previously, I had the key light on a table to my right in a small silver reflector. Not knowing math, that is 45 degrees to me. That got me dark backgrounds because I was going for ISO 800 at 1/125 at F4 for quality. So, last week, I went back to ISO 3200. You can see this stuff in my Facebook folders. It takes me almost a week to get each session up but I am enjoying playing with flash techniques, rather than just all available light as before.
Mar 05, 2012 at 02:36 AM
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