New possibilities for creative lighting
Tuesday, 3. November 2009, 18:01:25
The other day when I was in town after dark and I had my camera with me I had an idea. Granted, an idea others most likely already had before me, but it was kind of new to me nonetheless. So I took a quick test shot to see if this was going anywhere:
Yes, apparently a 5D Mark II and a f/1.8 lens (preferably f/1.4 and below, though...) are enough to take photos of people illuminated by nothing else than ordinary street lights. So from now on I know that where ever I go in town, I always have some 10.000 street lights backing up my lighting ambitions. Of course the color characteristics are awful, I obviously can't place them anywhere else, and I wouldn't think about putting softboxes or umbrellas in front of them (not seriously anyway).
But hey, they are free of use and continuous (which is interesting for filming). So next time I have to portrait someone in town I might wanna try to use street lights and maybe a reflector to get decent lighting on the subject and I can leave all the heavy flashes at home
Yes, apparently a 5D Mark II and a f/1.8 lens (preferably f/1.4 and below, though...) are enough to take photos of people illuminated by nothing else than ordinary street lights. So from now on I know that where ever I go in town, I always have some 10.000 street lights backing up my lighting ambitions. Of course the color characteristics are awful, I obviously can't place them anywhere else, and I wouldn't think about putting softboxes or umbrellas in front of them (not seriously anyway).
But hey, they are free of use and continuous (which is interesting for filming). So next time I have to portrait someone in town I might wanna try to use street lights and maybe a reflector to get decent lighting on the subject and I can leave all the heavy flashes at home
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