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Low Key - Candle
- Thread starter jansik
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Thanks guys... I am flattered... and humbly pleased.
Anyway... about the numbers...
In relation to any hipothetical F-stop on the Lens the numbers were as follows:
- Level of Ambiance was at 2.5 Stops Under (- 2.5/- 3)
- Level of Keys at 1/2 Over (+1)
- Level of Fill at 1Stop Under (-1)
- Zone V/Incident.... I wanted the Window Sheers to look lit with moonlight ... This meant I couldn't afford letting them blow out... To have it under control I had to keep White at its own White... This will happen when you light White to the Incident Reading of the Value of the Lens F-stop for the Scene. In my dealing and understanding of Lighting, Lens F-stop is only a Reference to 18% Grey... To create anything then... I start "Dancing with Light"
Wanting to create Darkness ... I will see it in my mind as a Grey Card at any particular Zone of Exposure. I will then underexpose accordingly leaving Lens F-stop alone. I Do not touch the F-stop.... I "dance with Light" around it... this - in my opinion - is the only way than one can acually bring something out of one's mind... any other approach being not much more than an ad hoc improvisation.
Anyway... about the numbers...
In relation to any hipothetical F-stop on the Lens the numbers were as follows:
- Level of Ambiance was at 2.5 Stops Under (- 2.5/- 3)
- Level of Keys at 1/2 Over (+1)
- Level of Fill at 1Stop Under (-1)
- Zone V/Incident.... I wanted the Window Sheers to look lit with moonlight ... This meant I couldn't afford letting them blow out... To have it under control I had to keep White at its own White... This will happen when you light White to the Incident Reading of the Value of the Lens F-stop for the Scene. In my dealing and understanding of Lighting, Lens F-stop is only a Reference to 18% Grey... To create anything then... I start "Dancing with Light"
Wanting to create Darkness ... I will see it in my mind as a Grey Card at any particular Zone of Exposure. I will then underexpose accordingly leaving Lens F-stop alone. I Do not touch the F-stop.... I "dance with Light" around it... this - in my opinion - is the only way than one can acually bring something out of one's mind... any other approach being not much more than an ad hoc improvisation.
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