Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]considerably easier to gel the lights in the room than the windows. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 5, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: > 2010-07-05-15:53:23 George Lottermoser: >> Often it's a lot easier to achieve the interior/exterior "balance" >> with a simple bounce flash in the room. >> Expose for the exterior (perhaps a half stop brighter) >> and adjust the flash to achieve the desired balance. >> This approach would certainly do away with the odd light on the sill. > > Thanks, I should try that. I've been thinking I should try again with > either daylight-balanced light inside, or (for some of the rooms with > smaller windows) even trying to tape some gels over the windows. I > understand that's an old cinema trick. > > Problem is, the day I took the window picture was a good day for the > exterior light (gently overcast, few hot spots) and my pictures of > exteriors in the woods usually look terrible with normal hard light. > So I'm poised to try again if I notice good light. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information