Comments on: The Most Difficult Aspect of Photographic Lighting http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:05:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Michael Menichetti http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-18695 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:48:38 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-18695 This post convinced me to go out and get a light box... I know I could have made one, but I am lazy... check it out... http://www.menichetti.org/stuff/lightbox1.jpg http://www.menichetti.org/stuff/lightbox2.jpg cheers, Michael <span class='jfriedl'>Wow, that is <i>so smooth</i> I thought it was CGI. Amazing! —Jeffrey</span> This post convinced me to go out and get a light box…
I know I could have made one, but I am lazy…

check it out…
http://www.menichetti.org/stuff/lightbox1.jpg
http://www.menichetti.org/stuff/lightbox2.jpg

cheers,

Michael

Wow, that is so smooth I thought it was CGI. Amazing! —Jeffrey

]]> by: Andrew S http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12518 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:22:08 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12518 I would title that photo "If Apple sold Napa cabbage". It's great! If i had a shiny stainless steel kitchen, I'd frame your picture and put it on the wall. I would title that photo “If Apple sold Napa cabbage”. It’s great! If i had a shiny stainless steel kitchen, I’d frame your picture and put it on the wall.

]]> by: Grandma Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12413 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:48:24 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12413 Well, when Fumie sees your explanation, you are really going to be a very, very busy husband not making a liar out of yourself so Fumie can have some SERIOUS bragging rights with her married girlfriends. What a wonderful son Dad and I have raised! Your brothers and brothers-in-law are liable to give you some grief as a result. Now I must go and have a little talk with your Dad about what I would like for Christmas. Well, when Fumie sees your explanation, you are really going to be a very, very busy husband not making a liar out of yourself so Fumie can have some SERIOUS bragging rights with her married girlfriends. What a wonderful son Dad and I have raised! Your brothers and brothers-in-law are liable to give you some grief as a result. Now I must go and have a little talk with your Dad about what I would like for Christmas.

]]> by: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12400 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:55:51 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12400 <div class='jfriedl'><p>Come on, now, I'm a guy, but I'm not <i>that</i> stupid.</p> <p>Of course, before I took the photos: I enjoyed Fumie's delicious dinner, washed the dishes, put Anthony down, gave Fumie a long foot massage, went out and bought her flowers, cleaned the house and took out the trash, scheduled an evening of Ballet with her, and took her for a walk along the beach to collect seashells and tell silly stories. I then gave her my credit card and told her to go shopping for a while... perhaps get a few new pairs of shoes.</p> <p>Only then did I pull the remaining cabbage out of the fridge and do the shoot.</p> <p>Sheeze, give a guy some credit.....</p> </div>

Come on, now, I’m a guy, but I’m not that stupid.

Of course, before I took the photos: I enjoyed Fumie’s delicious dinner, washed the dishes, put Anthony down, gave Fumie a long foot massage, went out and bought her flowers, cleaned the house and took out the trash, scheduled an evening of Ballet with her, and took her for a walk along the beach to collect seashells and tell silly stories. I then gave her my credit card and told her to go shopping for a while… perhaps get a few new pairs of shoes.

Only then did I pull the remaining cabbage out of the fridge and do the shoot.

Sheeze, give a guy some credit…..

]]> by: nils http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12399 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:47:49 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12399 This would be the process for me: Thinking about desired result: 10 seconds Thinking about the theory of how to do it: 10 seconds Start piling a bunch of junk around Yoshiko's dinner prep space: 1 min. 42 seconds Yoshiko attacks me with meat tenderizer mallet: very next second This would be the process for me:

Thinking about desired result: 10 seconds
Thinking about the theory of how to do it: 10 seconds
Start piling a bunch of junk around Yoshiko’s dinner prep space: 1 min. 42 seconds
Yoshiko attacks me with meat tenderizer mallet: very next second

]]> by: Daniel Sroka http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12322 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:04:51 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12322 Great job! No, don't waste your money on a lot of specialized lighting equipment. They are usually overpriced, and often still don't solve the problem you have for any specific shoot. Every shoot is unique and has its own challenges, so what you did here is actually considered by many to be the best way to do lighting -- scrounging for anything and everything that will get the job done. Check out the blog The Stobist -- it is filled with tons of wonderful light hacking ideas. I love it. http://strobist.blogspot.com/ <span class='jfriedl'>I'll second that – I've been a fan of Strobist since I discovered it a couple of months ago. Along the same lines is the Flickr <a href='http://www.flickr.com/groups/552101@N22/pool/' rel="nofollow">setups pool</a>, showing images and their lighting setup. —Jeffrey</span> Great job! No, don’t waste your money on a lot of specialized lighting equipment. They are usually overpriced, and often still don’t solve the problem you have for any specific shoot. Every shoot is unique and has its own challenges, so what you did here is actually considered by many to be the best way to do lighting — scrounging for anything and everything that will get the job done. Check out the blog The Stobist — it is filled with tons of wonderful light hacking ideas. I love it. http://strobist.blogspot.com/

I’ll second that – I’ve been a fan of Strobist since I discovered it a couple of months ago. Along the same lines is the Flickr setups pool, showing images and their lighting setup. —Jeffrey

]]> by: Marcina http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12319 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:31:42 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-10/656#comment-12319 Very interesting post on lighting, especially since I suck at indoor lighting myself. However, all through this post I keep picturing Fumie just out of the frame. She’s wearing an apron, holding a spatula, tapping her foot, and wondering WHEN she will be allowed back into her kitchen to finish dinner. She has already determined to forevermore buy only ugly food. Meanwhile, Anthony cries weakly from hunger in the background. Very interesting post on lighting, especially since I suck at indoor lighting myself. However, all through this post I keep picturing Fumie just out of the frame. She’s wearing an apron, holding a spatula, tapping her foot, and wondering WHEN she will be allowed back into her kitchen to finish dinner. She has already determined to forevermore buy only ugly food. Meanwhile, Anthony cries weakly from hunger in the background.

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