darin_cozine Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Taking photo-notes is prettey easy for just film, Aperture, and Shutter. But I think notes can be most useful to keep a record of lighting setups. Does anyone have tips on how to keep good lighting notes? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_branden Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Spiral notebook, pencils and really rough looking sketches filled with jargon probably only i could understand. I think stick figure theater is a pretty good description of my setup sketches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I agree with Eric here. That is pretty much how I do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_rubenstein___nyc Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I also include meter readings for things like the main and fill lights and the overall reading. You want to know what lighting ratios produced what "look" for the media (neg/slide/digital) you were using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnievalentine Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I've got about 75 spirals in my desk that I refer to all the time. Ok I pushed the number up there a little (more like 15-20). But they can be a great time saver if you organise them. Anyway, I concur the spirals have been the way to go for me. Hope you can draw better than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueviews Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I also use a small P&S digital to capture the setup. It helps a lot to decipher notes that I can't read anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_nisperos2 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 If the lighting scheme is simple, I just write the essentials at the top of the negative page, along with the subject's name, date, EI, dev'mt, etc. (such as: "main light@rembrandt/left (Profoto compact @ 300ws / softbox), fill: flexfill-silver/right, Ratio- 3:1") If the lighting is more complicated, such as "Hollywood" style, I'll do the same, but add a bird's-eye-view sketch of the set-up, including approximate heights and lighting modifier indications (flags, gobos, etc.) I no longer mention "Sekonic incident", since the majority of my readings are made this way. Now I'll only mention the metering method if it differs from my norm (such as "spot, forehead highlight / zone VI"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_nisperos2 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 ...forgot to mention that my bird's-eye-sketch is done on the envelope in which the negatives are stored. This way I can refer immediately to my proofs and compare them to the lighting plan. I used to keep the lighting notes apart, in a notebook, but I'm not organized enough to re-find the pictures later! Hats off to you guys (and gals) who keep the spiral notebooks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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