That's pretty much a given with a typical portrait setup with main and
fill lights. I think it's generally ignored because it's been there
since long before digital entered the scene and it was expensive to
correct back then. Today it can be easily corrected but often isn't and
especially in low cost school photos.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/12/2010 10:24 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> I had that happen with a school photo of my daughter. Her eyes had double
> highlights which on close inspection showed two flash umbrellas in each eye.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Ken Norton<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I forgot to add that I learned this lesson many years ago while shooting
>>> jewelry on table top in a studio using studio flash. The studio had a
>>> very large window on the north side that was admitting soft,
>>> mid-afternoon daylight. It wasn't even necessary to draw the blinds or
>>> turn off the lights. The flash was so powerful and apertures small
>>> enough that the competing light sources never showed up at all.
>>> YMMV, of course, so testing is in order but there may be no problem.
>>>
>>
>> Not for lighting, but when you look closely at the reflections in the
>> jewelry you'll see the window. I have to watch this with eyes. It's amazing
>> what junk shows up reflecting in eyeballs.
>>
>> AG
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