http://michaelbaxterimaging.com/2010/07/14/constructing-a-photo-rather-than-taking-one/ Recent News & Projects Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://michaelbaxterimaging.com/2010/07/14/constructing-a-photo-rather-than-taking-one/#comment-3 Michael Baxter Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:30:26 +0000 http://michaelbaxterimaging.com/?p=32#comment-3 Thanks for visiting John. This image required the most lighting of any shot I have taken before, due to the scale of the architecture. Without revealing my exact methods, I can tell you that I use a variety of lighting equipment ranging from tungsten hot lights to high-powered strobes. The benefits of using hot lights (at night) are that they are often focusable, usually match the color temperature of the available lighting, and "what you see is what you get". Strobes on the other hand are exponentially more powerful, run cool, and can freeze any movement unlike hot lights which require time exposure. I have used them at night when there is a strong enough wind to blur the vegetation. The down-side to strobes is that they are not focusable without specialized accessories and it's trial and error to determine a lighting effect. Thanks for visiting John. This image required the most lighting of any shot I have taken before, due to the scale of the architecture. Without revealing my exact methods, I can tell you that I use a variety of lighting equipment ranging from tungsten hot lights to high-powered strobes. The benefits of using hot lights (at night) are that they are often focusable, usually match the color temperature of the available lighting, and “what you see is what you get”. Strobes on the other hand are exponentially more powerful, run cool, and can freeze any movement unlike hot lights which require time exposure. I have used them at night when there is a strong enough wind to blur the vegetation. The down-side to strobes is that they are not focusable without specialized accessories and it’s trial and error to determine a lighting effect.

]]> http://michaelbaxterimaging.com/2010/07/14/constructing-a-photo-rather-than-taking-one/#comment-2 John Verbruggen Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:08:06 +0000 http://michaelbaxterimaging.com/?p=32#comment-2 Can you tell something about the lighting you added? It's obvious that that the pooollights and the lights in the rooms of the opposite building were put on. Did you use any flash? Can you tell something about the lighting you added? It’s obvious that that the pooollights and the lights in the rooms of the opposite building were put on. Did you use any flash?

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