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Originally Posted by CleanNeon98
I took a few pix last night with a friend, and after looking at them closely on the comp and showing a friend, they have some lighting issues. Example
Foreground is a bit dark, background glares (City Hall, Comcast Building, lights on the parkway, other bright objects).
Here is another one
I used the curve tool is PS to brighten it up a bit but it doesnt help much, you can still tell its kinda dark, and grainy on the nose of the car from when i tried to curve it.
My question is, is there a cheap tool to do "spot" lighting. I was thinking of perhaps some kind of bulb to mount on top of the camera that I can swivel around and focus lighting on a certain part of the picture, hence not having these issues, and be able to lower exposure a bit to get less glare?? |
heck man, I work for Location Lighting, we do film/video lighting for tv and movies, not really still photog, but I do have some still photog customers.
Those pics look fine to me. I mean, are they perfect? no. But with a little fiddling with camera settings I'm sure you'll figure it out. All these fancy new digi-cams all have so many settings, its hard to figure out what works best. Every camera is different, you just need to learn yours better. Pics look fine though.
You could think about getting a cheap light meter, so you can meter your subject (car) and determine and set the correct exposure. That would help a bit. But with the background issues, thats why they're in the background.
To light your car, you would need a lite bigger than one that sits on-top of your camera, otherwise it would just be a spot on the car. Just stick with available light, get that light meter and spend a few late nights with your camera menu settings and operating manual.
Calumet Camera in Philly specializes in still/digital photography, and they WILL help you out, if you tell them someone from Location Lighting sent you.