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Shooting for a good cause. Mixed lighting
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<blockquote data-quote="alaios" data-source="post: 595949" data-attributes="member: 41911"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Hello lovely community,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">tomorrow I have volunteered to shoot for a good cause. I will be shooting at a room that has lighting fixtures at the middle area and window light at the sides (big ligh sources).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">I will be shooting quite many people and I will need to distribute the shots back. I will be using my nikon d750 and for flexibilty my 24-85 kit zoom lens perhaps close to wide open (if not stopped down a bit).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">I also have three primes, the 35G, the 50D and the 85G although I think that the 24-85 will be better for that occassion.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">I will be shooting RAW And jpeg but ideally I would like to distribute directly the jpegs from camera and not do post processing (so white balance and lighting conditions are critical). I know this is not the easiest case so I am trying to find the right compromise.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">The white balance of the room is a bit tough. The room at the middle has a roof that is from wood and thus you can not really bounce flash there, that wooden area has the typical lighting setups</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.dpreview.com/files/w/TS535x535?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shinlight.com%2Fphoto%2Fpl1891060-alluminum_body_commercial_lighting_fixture_for_industrial_office_lights.jpg&signature=PF0i0cKvR55MF%2BoDX6vf3AYrnqA%3D" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: #777777">Insert caption here. If you do not edit this text it will be automatically removed.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">where some orange and some green. At the side there are big windows where light is coming from outside (since Germany is rather dull I would expect shadow WB-setting type of light).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Since I will be moving and shooting around I d not think I have any chance with gels nor with bouncing light.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">I am thinking for a setup where background will be underexposed at around -1 to keep the temperature light with small effect and then have a fill light at camera axis hitting directly my subjects. Perhaps I can diffuse this light slightly with a tiny softbox on camera.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Do you think that there is something I miss here or something you would approach differently?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">An Image of the room at the middle where the wood at the roof is visible (window light is 3 meters to left and right but I will be going there as well)</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH]238229[/ATTACH]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"><p style="text-align: center"></p><p>this is not my shot <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Regards thanks a lot for reading</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Alex</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alaios, post: 595949, member: 41911"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']Hello lovely community,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']tomorrow I have volunteered to shoot for a good cause. I will be shooting at a room that has lighting fixtures at the middle area and window light at the sides (big ligh sources).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']I will be shooting quite many people and I will need to distribute the shots back. I will be using my nikon d750 and for flexibilty my 24-85 kit zoom lens perhaps close to wide open (if not stopped down a bit).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']I also have three primes, the 35G, the 50D and the 85G although I think that the 24-85 will be better for that occassion.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']I will be shooting RAW And jpeg but ideally I would like to distribute directly the jpegs from camera and not do post processing (so white balance and lighting conditions are critical). I know this is not the easiest case so I am trying to find the right compromise.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']The white balance of the room is a bit tough. The room at the middle has a roof that is from wood and thus you can not really bounce flash there, that wooden area has the typical lighting setups[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit'] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit'][CENTER][IMG]https://www.dpreview.com/files/w/TS535x535?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shinlight.com%2Fphoto%2Fpl1891060-alluminum_body_commercial_lighting_fixture_for_industrial_office_lights.jpg&signature=PF0i0cKvR55MF%2BoDX6vf3AYrnqA%3D[/IMG][/CENTER] [COLOR=#777777]Insert caption here. If you do not edit this text it will be automatically removed.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']where some orange and some green. At the side there are big windows where light is coming from outside (since Germany is rather dull I would expect shadow WB-setting type of light).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit'] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']Since I will be moving and shooting around I d not think I have any chance with gels nor with bouncing light.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']I am thinking for a setup where background will be underexposed at around -1 to keep the temperature light with small effect and then have a fill light at camera axis hitting directly my subjects. Perhaps I can diffuse this light slightly with a tiny softbox on camera.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']Do you think that there is something I miss here or something you would approach differently?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']An Image of the room at the middle where the wood at the roof is visible (window light is 3 meters to left and right but I will be going there as well)[/FONT][/COLOR] [ATTACH=CONFIG]238229._xfImport[/ATTACH][COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit'] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit'][CENTER][/CENTER] this is not my shot :) [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit'] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']Regards thanks a lot for reading[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']Alex[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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