BLWNHR
03-11-2009, 02:41 AM
I posted these on a local forum but thought I would post here for some more feedback, if you would be so kind. :)
I've got a friend who works for a TV station and used another friends WRX in an ad he was shooting. Well, the WRX owner saw they had a cornerless studio so rang me Friday and said one and only opertunity, Monday between 11AM and 3PM, keen? Of course I couldn't say no.
Well, the studio is designed for TV cameras, not still stuff, so there are no false ceilings or anything like that (so some reflections were unavoidable). Also, they haven't used it for a few years and the staff just use it to play cricket in when they are bored, haha. As a result most of the lights have been pulled out of it.
So anyhow, I made do with what we had and came up with some alright results considering. I'd never done full-scale studio stuff before so it was a HUGE learning curve. No doubt with more time in there I could have done some things better, but all in all the results weren't too bad.
Here are 4 setup shots to give you an idea of what I was working with. They are dirty mobile phone photos stiched together so no critique on these :p.
The studio. You can see the 'green-screen' on the right for when they are doing news broadcasts and the like.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00002.jpg
It is a noise-insulated room inside a building. With the door closed it was REALLY hot and crazy quiet. The D300 shutter sounded like a door slamming! The entry is really good and even the lowest cars could get in there. I am in negotiations to getting access to it in the future, but as my mate is leaving for the UK in a few weeks I think this is a once-only.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00003.jpg
This is the lighting board. You plug the lights into the grantries overhead and then that number corresponds here. Plenty of options, but not many lights to choose from. Thankfully they were all the same colour temperature though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00004.jpg
And 2 of the edited photos. I couldn't help myself and edited these on the laptop, the WB is just a touch off but I can deal with that. The background isn't perfectly white either as it wasn't in the studio.
The first shot is a little dark on the drivers-side front corner but we'd run out of lights so I had to use the small spot light you can see in the setup shots.
I would have liked to have made the interior lighter, but am not sure on how I would have gone about that. I will post more as I edit them over the next week or so, but comments/critique on these would be appreciated.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/_DSC5961.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/_DSC5995.jpg
I've got a friend who works for a TV station and used another friends WRX in an ad he was shooting. Well, the WRX owner saw they had a cornerless studio so rang me Friday and said one and only opertunity, Monday between 11AM and 3PM, keen? Of course I couldn't say no.
Well, the studio is designed for TV cameras, not still stuff, so there are no false ceilings or anything like that (so some reflections were unavoidable). Also, they haven't used it for a few years and the staff just use it to play cricket in when they are bored, haha. As a result most of the lights have been pulled out of it.
So anyhow, I made do with what we had and came up with some alright results considering. I'd never done full-scale studio stuff before so it was a HUGE learning curve. No doubt with more time in there I could have done some things better, but all in all the results weren't too bad.
Here are 4 setup shots to give you an idea of what I was working with. They are dirty mobile phone photos stiched together so no critique on these :p.
The studio. You can see the 'green-screen' on the right for when they are doing news broadcasts and the like.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00002.jpg
It is a noise-insulated room inside a building. With the door closed it was REALLY hot and crazy quiet. The D300 shutter sounded like a door slamming! The entry is really good and even the lowest cars could get in there. I am in negotiations to getting access to it in the future, but as my mate is leaving for the UK in a few weeks I think this is a once-only.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00003.jpg
This is the lighting board. You plug the lights into the grantries overhead and then that number corresponds here. Plenty of options, but not many lights to choose from. Thankfully they were all the same colour temperature though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/00004.jpg
And 2 of the edited photos. I couldn't help myself and edited these on the laptop, the WB is just a touch off but I can deal with that. The background isn't perfectly white either as it wasn't in the studio.
The first shot is a little dark on the drivers-side front corner but we'd run out of lights so I had to use the small spot light you can see in the setup shots.
I would have liked to have made the interior lighter, but am not sure on how I would have gone about that. I will post more as I edit them over the next week or so, but comments/critique on these would be appreciated.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/_DSC5961.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/_DSC5995.jpg