Yep. Me and my Elvis. He's keeping an eye on me now while I work. And he says I really should get back to work:-). Paul
On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> I have a full-size cardboard cutout of Elvis that I use to set up my studio >> lights. It's too dimensional so it's not much a lot of help with lighting, >> but it works for framing and exposure. And when shooting on white or pale >> backgrounds, I do get some approximation of lighting values based on the >> shadows. >> >> Paul >> > > Now I have to show them this .... > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3628066 > > ann > >> >> >> On Feb 22, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >>> I did a family photo shoot the other night for a friend. It was only my >>> second photo shoot involving small children, and we ran into the issue of >>> the very short sell-by date for children's attention spans. >>> I had expected something like this, so I used the adults to set up and dial >>> in the lighting. Thinking about the issue, I was wondering if anyone who >>> photographs children a lot has a large doll, or stuffed animal that they >>> use as a stunt double for the kid, for setting up the lighting, background >>> etc.? Has anyone tried this and found that it doesn't work? >>> >>> I was also thinking that it might be handy to try and find a manikin to use >>> in setting up photo sessions of adults. I'd be tempted to paint it with >>> hotrod primer to get something approximating 18% grey. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
