DIY lighting video preview (one background, four different looks)
April 26, 2008 – 12:30 amA sneak peek at Monday’s upcoming video: these photos were all shot using two cheap clamp lights on the exact same grey background. No colored gels were used and no color retouching has been done to the photos (these pics are straight out of the camera). So how did I come up with four completely different backgrounds? Here’s a hint: only one camera setting was changed.
Do you have it figured out (comments below)?
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8 Responses to “DIY lighting video preview (one background, four different looks)”
Did you have flash in camera that you used to take shots? If you did, I would make wild guess that this might have been possible with various flash exposure compensation settings (and/or bouncing on camera flash on different kind of surfaces).
If not, then I am truely puzzled and eagerly waiting on what we are going to see on Monday.
By Juha Ylitalo on Apr 26, 2008
Hmmm, no flash was used (but it could have been), just the two $5 lights from the hardware store. Another clue (I was being a little sneaky): I had three bulbs to choose from.
By Jim Talkington on Apr 26, 2008
One bulb for the subject, one for the background. (and one bulb to rule them all and in the darkness bind them)
Pic 1: BG bulb off.
Pic 2: BG bulb is the same type as FG bulb.
Pic 3/4: BG bulb is cooler (higher temperature) than FG bulb, and vice versa for #4.
WB on the camera was always set to match the FG bulb.
By NormMonkey on Apr 26, 2008
Could this be related to the “battle of the bulbs shootout” article from a few weeks ago and changing the white balance on the camera?
By Jonathan on Apr 26, 2008
You must have been changing the white balance. Tungsten = blue, warm = brown. No back light in the black, over exposed back light for the white.
Dave
By Dave on Apr 26, 2008
My guess is on the WB setting of the camera. with different WB settins, you get different results on te same object.
By Dominique on Apr 26, 2008
If all he changed was the WB setting then the color of the whole photo would change, not just the background. NormMonkey is correct. The WB setting was changed to match the bulb used to light the subject. The bulb on the background had the opposite color temperature of the bulb on the subject.
By Jason Phillips on Apr 27, 2008
You guys know your stuff. Photography is all problem solving…fun problem solving. NormMonkey, you wrote such a concise synopsis of what was involved. I wish I always had such economy with words!
By Jim Talkington on Apr 28, 2008