Re: Exposure recommendations

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:35 PM 09-01-97 GMT, you wrote:
>   So what is the concept?  What do you want as background, what kind of
>   portrait. What will she be wearing(as in color and shape of clothes)? Is
>   there a key shot you are after?  Like is this a head shot, 3/4 or what?
>   What lens do you have for your 35mm? I do this a lot and love it and I
>   have my own way of working with the stuff, (don't we all?) If you want
>   to talk you can call me at 415-494-7761 weekdays or e.mail at
>   m-p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>My friend is into the "goth" culture, which, if you're not familiar with
>it, involves wearing lots of black.  Pale skin is also a feature, and any
>jewelry should be ornate, preferably silver.  The look is also supposed to
>be a death sort of thing and therefore somewhat otherworldly.  If you've
>seen "The Crow", you know what I'm talking about.
>
>Well, I was talking to her about IR photography the other night, and we
>started thinking about how it would work photographing a goth.  [snip]

Stop right there!  I have discovered in my admitedly limited experience with
IR photography, that many black materials do not photograph black under HIE
film.  So if I were you I would do some testing of the clothes your friend
is going to wear before commiting to the project.  I once did some figure
studies with HIE film of a model against a jet black velvety like material.
It came out almost pure white.  I could barely make out the model against
the backdrop.

Dan C.


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