KrusaderKego wrote:Nope, everything is manuel. Indirect lighting is a good idea, do you know a specific setup for 2 desk lamps?
Hmm, using two desk lamp you might want to consider one lamp being the "main lamp" that creates the deep shadows, and have the second one as an indirect light source to create some filler light (so that dark spots aren't too dark). There are two (rough) ways to make an indirect light source.
The first is where you point your lamp away from the set, towards a white sheet of paper. The sheet of paper is placed in such a way that the light will reflect back towards the set. Tthink of the sheet of paper as a mirror, and you need to try getting that light through the mirror onto your set.
The second way is to actually tape the sheet of paper onto the lamp, and make indirect lighting by using the light going through the paper directly onto the set. Please make sure you use a low wattage lamp when you do this (25W), because if you are going to use one with a high wattage, your lamp will give off more heat, and your paper might catch fire. No, seriously, it happens.
On top of that, try experimenting with some different exposure settings (like 1/100 instead of 1/50 or 1/30). This will possibly help as well. However, if you have too much brightness on your set, and you compensate it with too fast exposure settings (like 1/250 or higher), you will experience extreme light flicker. This is because your lamps flicker at a very fast rate so that they don't overheat. This is way too fast for our eyes to notice, but a camera with fast exposure settings can see it perfectly fine. I think this is what was your initial problem: brightness too high, exposure settings too fast to compensate.
Last edited by BertL (July 27, 2009 (10:17pm))
