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    WEEKLY LIGHTING THEME: Controlling Specular Highlights............

    in Lighting Equipment

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    I do have a question, is anyone is listening... I need to photograph 4 different types of wines in one shot and every time I set it up I get the reflections of the neighboring bottles in the one wine bottle. While this can be interesting, I would prefer not to have the reflections. Is there any lighting setup that I can do that won't allow for the reflections? I have two white lightning 800's and a 2x3 and 3x4 lightbox. Right now I only have a continuous light for the backdrop. Any help would be appreciated. ....Sherle

    New and LOST

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    Hi Benjamin,

     

    I know where you are right now in your confusion, I was there not so long ago and no matter how many books I read I still couldn't get some things figured out, especially when books would interchange aperture and fstop. Finally I went back to college and took some Photography classes where I learned much. However I still have tons to learn, :-)

     

    I will attempt to answer some of your questions...

     

    1. "F/12 would mean less light hits the sensor right, allowing for longer exposures in brighter light?"

     

    f12 would mean less light in comparison to f6 and yes the "exposure" would be slightly longer.

     

    2. "An ISO of 100 is slower then an ISO of 1600? And would an ISO of 1600 allow less light to hit the sensor?"

     

    you are correct in both of the above statements, in this case just think of them in seconds, which one is slower the 100th of a second or 1600th of a second. ISO, just like aperture and shutter speed it is just a means of controlling the amount of light your film plane receives.

     

    3. "I thought I knew stuff about aperture...I don't."

     

    When I was first learning about aperture and fstop I thought they were two completely different functions, they still kinda are... but the aperture is the actual opening and the fstop in a way is the measurement of the hole. Fstops range from 1, a very large hole ( lots of light) to at least 64, a little tiny hole (little light).

     

    As to getting that motion blur on your water you will need to have a slow shutter speed, something less than 15th of a second or less and have your camera on a tripod, or at least a bean bag set in a tree or on a rock to hold your camera steady. Tripod is easier, but not always the cheapest way to go. My suggestion is also to shoot at a different time of day, since you will need to stop down to get your shutter speed slow enough. If there is sunlight on a long exposure it will get over-bright super fast. You could also buy a polarizing filter to help stop down your shutter speed.

     

    "Early morning light. Is it just me or is everything really dark. I figure some post image editing will fix it up nicely." Everything thats in the shade is dark, and your exposure was taken from the brighter portion of the image, so your shadows went dark. One of the hardest things to get used to, and is almost never talked about, is the fact that your camera cannot see as you do, it has limits. When you learn to work within those limits you will have pictures you will be super happy with.

     

    Controlling highlights and shadows are the hardest things to learn to control in landscape photo's but unless you get into HDR you will have to chose whether or not you want to open up the shadows or control the highlights. I would suggest controlling the highlights and let the shadows go where they will.

     

    Before you decide whether or not your camera is bad or that you need to saturate the photos more I would suggest calibrating your monitor first. Make sure the color and brightness levels are good.

     

    Hope this helps a little.... Sherle

    Vineyard Advertising Shoot, Need Advice

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    I have been asked to create some images for advertising purposes for a vineyard

    and I would like some suggestions for good images. I have to photograph the

    vineyard and I know early morning will be best, based on where it's located. I

    was wondering if anyone has suggestions on looks I can create. I also have to

    photograph the owners, one of which has a wandering eye, how do I best deal with

    that, the other has an Italian nose and is somewhat sensitive about it, any

    suggestions for dealing with those issues. They would like me to photograph

    someone drinking the juice as well, this isn't always a pretty action, anyone

    have suggestions for that. I will be setting up still life images using the

    bottles, maybe some cheese, a knife, some bread and a board... just ideas,

    looking for more. I will also be photographing the bottles as well, individually

    and together. I am looking for innovative, interesting ideas where the end

    product can be used in all their advertising materials.

     

    As far as lighting is concerned I have 2 white lighting 800 strobes, 2 soft

    boxes, reflectors of various sizes and a continuous light for back lighting if

    needed.

     

    Thank you for all your suggestions, even a place to look could prove useful.

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