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themuseslibrary In reply to jademacalla [2006-06-28 21:23:52 +0000 UTC]

This one's my fave too. It just looks so evil and beckoning. We took tons of shots of kneeling, laying, and details of the drawing on my shoulders so there's more to come! It's so hard to pick when you take a massive amount of photos.

Though I'm curious, we're having a problem with inside lighting making the images have too much noise. Do you know any secrets, oh guru of stock? I played with iso and it still messes up.

lol maybe if I work up the strength, you can see the "I want to speak to Conan" outtake shots that arised from unsuccessfully trying to scrub that makeup offXD

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jademacalla In reply to themuseslibrary [2006-06-29 01:46:03 +0000 UTC]

Let's see. I went and had a look at the others and - for those, at least - ou ISO is coming in at 320 (which the camera probably did to try to compensate for the relatively low light). I know it may not seem like low light when you are sitting under it (them), but the type of camera that we both apparently have is not good at gobbling up light. Which means more light than you would even think necessary in order to push enough through that fairly small lens and only the fairly small CCD.

In the absence of studio lights, I would recommend a couple shop lights from Home Despot or its ilk; cheap, you can hang them anywhere, and with bulbs of sufficient wattage and type (I personally like the Reveal Bright White, but then again I am obsessively opposed to normal incandescent light) you can get enough illunimation to allow the camera to stay down in the ISO 100 range without being too dark or keeping the shutter open for 8 seconds.

Unless you are shooting for dramatic shadows, I would definitely go for two lights; a key and a fill (I think =lockstock had a nice little diagram recently, perhaps at Stock Salon).

These really are great images; your poses, attitudes, and expressions are very, very good.

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themuseslibrary In reply to jademacalla [2006-06-29 17:29:47 +0000 UTC]

Ah yes I share your hatred of incandescent lights, but it's all I had to work with for this series (blinding yellow crap lights..geh!). Still, I hope people use them despite the grain (at least for artistic reference if not photomanipulation). I'll definitely save up for those shop lights. They sound extremely useful! I'll be sure to check out stock salon for that light diagram too. I gotta read up on all these little stock artist beginner tips and tricks.

Thanks for the help Jade!

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