Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Summer Wind wrote:
This American Masters program looks worth watching. It's on Wednesday,
January 3rd on PBS.

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"Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens" profiles the photographer, who
discusses her artistic process. Included: at work at her studio; at home on
her farm; compiling a retrospective book.

Thanks for that! DVR is set to record it. Should be interesting and
inspiring.

More info:
http://bonus.ppmag.com/2006/12/american_master.html
(Producer appears to be Leibovitz' sister, Barbara).

There's additional footage online at:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmast...a_footage.html

I hope a lot of us see it and can discuss it.

PBS is one television product the US can be extemely proud of!

Cheers,
Alan

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When looking at alternative ligthing, the notion of the Color Rendering
Index (CRI) also comes into play. It is a measure of how well the light
source outputs all the colors of objects that are lit by that source.

The CRI of an incandescent bulb is nearly 100. Not because it is so
"good" but because it emits light in all the wavelenghts that we
perceive (although not like "daylight" so it doesn't score a perfect 100).

Becasue fluorescent lights are "spikey", they end up with a low CRI of
65 (or so) for cool white and up to 80 - 90 for tri-phosphor
fluorescent. [note the objection to use of the CRI wrt to fluorescents
in the article linked below].

The fact that a light is "warm" or "cool" is not considered in the index.

On the left: incandescent. On the right: fluorescent:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/SPD.png

The more technical minded can peruse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_rendering_index

In summary, consider:
-light color temperature
-Color Rendering Index

when looking at artificial light sources for photography.

Cheers,
Alan


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Alan Browne wrote:

When looking at alternative ligthing, the notion of the Color Rendering
Index (CRI) also comes into play. It is a measure of how well the light
source outputs all the colors of objects that are lit by that source.

The CRI of an incandescent bulb is nearly 100. Not because it is so
"good" but because it emits light in all the wavelenghts that we
perceive (although not like "daylight" so it doesn't score a perfect 100).

Becasue fluorescent lights are "spikey", they end up with a low CRI of
65 (or so) for cool white and up to 80 - 90 for tri-phosphor
fluorescent. [note the objection to use of the CRI wrt to fluorescents
in the article linked below].

The fact that a light is "warm" or "cool" is not considered in the index.

On the left: incandescent. On the right: fluorescent:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/SPD.png

The more technical minded can peruse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_rendering_index

In summary, consider:
-light color temperature
-Color Rendering Index

when looking at artificial light sources for photography.

Cheers,
Alan


Whong thread?

Alan Browne wrote:
Summer Wind wrote:
This American Masters program looks worth watching. It's on
Wednesday, January 3rd on PBS.

-----
"Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens" profiles the photographer, who
discusses her artistic process. Included: at work at her studio; at
home on her farm; compiling a retrospective book.

Thanks for that! DVR is set to record it. Should be interesting and
inspiring.

More info:
http://bonus.ppmag.com/2006/12/american_master.html
(Producer appears to be Leibovitz' sister, Barbara).

There's additional footage online at:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmast...a_footage.html

I hope a lot of us see it and can discuss it.

I watch this and found it to be interesting from the conceptual angle -
which is irrelevant between film v. silicon photo gear. I think her
cover work with Rolling Stone put that magazine on the global map.



PBS is one television product the US can be extemely proud of!

I second the notion!


I watch this and found it to be interesting from the conceptual angle

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jer
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I watch this and found it to be interesting from the conceptual angle -
which is irrelevant between film v. silicon photo gear. I think her cover
work with Rolling Stone put that magazine on the global map.



It's interesting that Annie Leibovitz seems to share certain personality
traits with Richard Avedon, from what I've seen on American Masters. It
obviously takes as outgoing, directive individual to make a successful
celebrity photographer. If you watch films on Ansel Adams, you'll see a
personality at the other end of the spectrum, introverted. Adams was just
the sort you'd expect to find working alone in wilderness.

SW

"Summer Wind" wrote in message
et...

I watch this and found it to be interesting from the conceptual
angle - which is irrelevant between film v. silicon photo gear. I
think her cover work with Rolling Stone put that magazine on the
global map.



It's interesting that Annie Leibovitz seems to share certain
personality traits with Richard Avedon, from what I've seen on
American Masters. It obviously takes as outgoing, directive
individual to make a successful celebrity photographer. If you watch
films on Ansel Adams, you'll see a personality at the other end of the
spectrum, introverted. Adams was just the sort you'd expect to find
working alone in wilderness.

SW

That may be, but you gotta admit, he found his niche !!

mikey

I watch this and found it to be interesting from the conceptual angle

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jer


Yeah, lots of lessons there. Through the years, technique and equipment
changed but ultimately it was the subject, lighting, and creative posing
that made her thumbprint unique. Mostly I am impressed by how she would
really challenge her subjects to offer something different than the usual
portrait fare. I was a little surprised to hear her say that she found cover
images to be more confining than her more experimental techniques in the
back pages of magazines. It was interesting to see that not everything was
going well on that photo shoot with the carriage. Equipment meltdowns and
practical problems were getting in the way of making things happen. It seems
that the creative notions have to be put together before a shoot to allow
smooth workflow, since there are a lot of distractions that would muddy
creative waters otherwise. In a way, all her helpers and equipment are a
distracting hindrance to creativity. I also liked her candid reflection on
the personal mistakes she made through the years.

Annie is an American icon, for sure.

Dave

Richard Polhill wrote:

Whong thread?

Yeah, meant to start a new one. I'll let it sit 'til the weekend or so...

Cheers,
Alan

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