fiona_stokes Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 hi, i am trying to photograph an image that has been projected onto 4 people (band) but i shot it last week and using the dvd projector as the only light source it is very dark so I ended up shooting (using a canon 20D) at 1600 iso at 1/25, f3.2 and of course the shots look very soft. is there anyway you think i could light them more? (they were dark colours as well which doesnt really help!) a flash will take away the effect of the projector that they want, but im just not sure what to do to get the image looking crisper, because they will want to print these large, so they need to be sharp. any feedback or help would be appreciated! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Get a real slide from the image to be projected. Take a old slide projector (yard sale?) and cobble your flash as a lightsource into it. Sure there are projection spotlights for strobe systems around too, but who can afford those? I'd grab a inexpensive projector without mags and would replace the condenser with some white diffusors. If you're handy you might be able to keep the whole continous light system of the projector for focusing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 According to my rough inexperienced guess that rig should eat about 7 f-stops of your flashpower: projection lens 3, slide 2, diffuser the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 This is commonly done with color slides & a slide projector. Simply match the projected images illumination, with the ambient light levels with a meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan mcgill - trm photo st Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 You could try it in Photo Shop. Shoot the band image in front of a white background. Be sure to have plenty distance between wall and band to get less intense shadows. Then bring into PS. Drop the slide image into a layer and adjust the opacity. To soften the slide image apply a slight Gaussian blur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtreinik Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Can't judge from the small jpeg, but there is no inherent reason why the shots should look soft. Is your lens soft at f/3.2? Was there camera shake? Was the focus off? To me the lighting seems to be working okay. Try using a tripod and longer exposure time. Just ask the people to hold still, and you can do for example 1/8 or 1/4 s. This allows for smaller ISO and aperture. You might want to check that the light doesn't cut off their hands. The posing and their expressions seems a bit stiff and forced. Overlaying the image in postprocessing doesn't do the trick. It won't look the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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