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High-key portrait
How do I get that High-key portrait look with B&W film? I have a white wall
and no studio lighting. However I have a strobe and a few $2 light fixtures from the local hardware store. Do I extend development to intentionally blow the highlights? |
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High-key portrait
"M&M" wrote in message ... How do I get that High-key portrait look with B&W film? I have a white wall and no studio lighting. However I have a strobe and a few $2 light fixtures from the local hardware store. Do I extend development to intentionally blow the highlights? Try rec.photo.technique.people |
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High-key portrait
"M&M" wrote in message
... How do I get that High-key portrait look with B&W film? I have a white wall and no studio lighting. However I have a strobe and a few $2 light fixtures from the local hardware store. Do I extend development to intentionally blow the highlights? Print with a 3 1/2 or 4 filter? -- www.mattclara.com |
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High-key portrait
"Matt Clara" wrote in message ... "M&M" wrote in message ... How do I get that High-key portrait look with B&W film? I have a white wall and no studio lighting. However I have a strobe and a few $2 light fixtures from the local hardware store. Do I extend development to intentionally blow the highlights? Print with a 3 1/2 or 4 filter? If you want the background to go all white, then make sure that the background receives at least one stop more exposure than the subject. More than one stop won't hurt; after all, you want the background over-exposed. For example: Assume that the distance from your flash to the subject is 11 feet. Then expose the background with the same amount of light from 8 feet (or less) away. In my studio, I use separate background strobes that illuminate only the background. Others may disagree, but I don't like the idea of a special darkroom technique to compensate for what should be on the film. (but that's just me!) Ken Hart |
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High-key portrait
I have managed to get a high-key "pencil sketch" effect with a normal
negative by using a high contrast setting on the enlarger and under exposing/developing the print. "Ken Hart" wrote in message ... "Matt Clara" wrote in message ... "M&M" wrote in message ... How do I get that High-key portrait look with B&W film? I have a white wall and no studio lighting. However I have a strobe and a few $2 light fixtures from the local hardware store. Do I extend development to intentionally blow the highlights? Print with a 3 1/2 or 4 filter? If you want the background to go all white, then make sure that the background receives at least one stop more exposure than the subject. More than one stop won't hurt; after all, you want the background over-exposed. For example: Assume that the distance from your flash to the subject is 11 feet. Then expose the background with the same amount of light from 8 feet (or less) away. In my studio, I use separate background strobes that illuminate only the background. Others may disagree, but I don't like the idea of a special darkroom technique to compensate for what should be on the film. (but that's just me!) Ken Hart |
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