Re: Medium rare, or well done?

[Edward Meyers <aghalide@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Tim Coffer wrote:

> Ben, quit smoking the felt on the pool table! :=)
> Use all cue balls, tungsten lighting, stop the lens down with a long
> shutter and forget heating anything except the leftovers you might want
> to snack on during the shoot........
> I once thought I could capture the heat, even flames coming out of a
> nitromethane-burning fuel funny car. Sorta did, but the white paint
> on the body did just about as much reflecting as the flames gave off
> directly. Same for shooting JFK's gravesite with the "eternal flame";
> the grass around the site was just about as effective.
> A friend, when he hear I was gonna shoot infrared film, told me to avoid
> shooting a scene with overhead power lines, as if they'd give off anything.
> Ohhhh, the misconceptions we have for this film.....
> back to work, Tim
> 
> 
Also, stay away from full Moons and garlic. Ed


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