Re: HIE for Weddings

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

Hi gang,

Okay, I confess: this weekend, before I posted my question about IR & 
wedding photography, I actually shot a roll of HIE for the wedding of my 
former 'girl-next-door'.  
Mind you: I had never done a wedding before....8-)) 
However, normal rules like "take a holiday and travel abroad", "tell
you are sick and can't come" or "Say you have a funeral to attend"
didn't apply, since she went skinny dipping with me when we were
kids....there are a few persons in your life you can't say no to....;-)) 

Okay, now the stress part: I wasn't sure whether I could use the 
film that day, since it was a rather overcast, but not dull grey day. 
I thought: what the heck, I'll load my second camera with this film, and 
we'll see what the end result will be. I used a resin Wratten #70 in 
my Cokin holder, and took a few TTL readings @400ASA; 
1/100@xxxxx All under the trees, where most of the shots would be 
taken. Bracketed up and down 1-2 stops.
Today, I picked up the neg's and contact sheets: dazzling beautiful 
atmosphere....mind boggling romantic pic's....gawd, I love this film!
However: my lab printed the sheet 2-3 stops darker, to compensate 
for the rather overexposed neg's....still not sure what happened; I 
have used lots of HIE before with TTL, @400ASA and #70. 
Part of the reason might be that I shot most of the film *under* the
trees....apart from our recent scientific discussion about the IR
reflectance taking place at the bottom of the leaves, I do recall
some article or statement about false meter readings below or inside
foliage. 
Combined with a dark red filter reading into a overall dark green 
scene, much of the mis reading can be explained I guess. My normal 
TTL reading are mostly on bright sunny days, out in the open. 

Anyway, I still believe the overexposure adds to the unwordly
atmosphere, the only draw back are the 0 & +1 exposed neg's, they
show washed out faces and wedding dress. But best of all: the married 
couple was very excited about them, so who am I to complain....8-))

Btw, I also shot some of the pic's with fill-in flash, for the
backlight compositions (the background scenery was convincing in a
few cases): I think this might even save the IR shots on a really
dull grey overcast day. 
Have you ever used flash for those occasions, Stanee?

Lessons learned: 
- below foliage, bracket more towards the out-in-the-open-direct-sunlight 
readings 
- I definately need a IR-refocus shift option in my AF camera (I couldn't 
stop down because I wanted a blurry background (100mm/f2.8 lens)
- I also feel that I need a larger format to compensate for lack of facial 
details....landscapes are okay, but these wedding shots shout for 
more detail everywhere.
- That would also bring me a 50 shot option within one magazine of 
70mm film....8-)) Even changing those magazines would be faster than 
changing film in a camera....

All in all: a very positive new experience with HIE. 
Good thing I once went skinny dipping with her....;-))


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