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Subject: [OM] Re: lighting
From: "Allen Coltrin" <hjlantern@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:45:38 -0800
It's just like painting. Prep takes forever and then the task is over and 
gone quickly.

A

----Original Message Follows----
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: lighting
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:16:32 -0500

That's as it came out of the camera.  There are no post production
adjustments on this particular image.  The white balance needs some
adjusting due to the overall reddish cast of the wood in the barn. And
lots of people touchup needs to be done.  The shot took 5 minutes.  The
time to setup and balance the lights was a couple of hours.

Chuck Norcutt

Allen Coltrin wrote:
 > Damn! good shot. Did you have to do much post production adjustments on 
it?
 >
 > Allen
 >
 > ----Original Message Follows----
 > From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 > Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
 > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
 > Subject: [OM] Re: lighting
 > Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:47:48 -0500
 >
 > Who's doing the advising?
 >
 > Buying power is OK if you're going to build on whatever you buy now but
 > what you were proposing to buy was not something to build on.  Two Alien
 > Bee 400's will give you 160 watt seconds on each light for a total of
 > 320 watt seconds which is *much* more than enough for a small room.
 > When you're ready to add to a two light arrangement to use either three
 > or four lights and also to add more power you can add B800's and
 > relegate the smaller lights to hairlight and background.  Also, any
 > Alien Bee can be upgraded to equal its more powerful brethren for the
 > price difference between the two plus a $25 conversion charge.
 >
 > This should give you an indication of power requirements.  It's a
 > wedding party in a dark old wooden barn.  It's lit with four Alien Bee
 > B800's running at about 30% power without diffusers plus a pair of
 > T-32's at full power shooting through an umbrella.  Total estimated watt
 > seconds... a little under 600 to light the entire 90 foot long dark
 > wooden barn at ISO 400, f/9 @ 1/4 second.
 > 
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/smith%20barn/group%20shot%20proof%20-%20img_0382_std.jpg>
 >
 > Chuck Norcutt
 >
 >
 > Allen Coltrin wrote:
 >  > It is what I was advised to get as a basis if I choose to build on it.
 >  >
 >  > Allen
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