Comments on: “Make the Shot.” A Pool Player in a Rainstorm http://www.lighting-essentials.com/make-the-shot-a-pool-player-in-a-rainstorm/ Learn Photographic Lighting with Natural Light, Small Strobes, and Studio Flash Equipment Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: wedding_photographer http://www.lighting-essentials.com/make-the-shot-a-pool-player-in-a-rainstorm/comment-page-1/#comment-377 wedding_photographer Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:36 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=406#comment-377 Hi, I never thought about back-lighting rain. Do you have any examples handy? Hi,

I never thought about back-lighting rain. Do you have any examples handy?

]]> By: wizwow http://www.lighting-essentials.com/make-the-shot-a-pool-player-in-a-rainstorm/comment-page-1/#comment-343 wizwow Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:25:28 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=406#comment-343 The only way to get rain to really show is to back light it and that was not possible in this scenario. It would have been nice though, for sure. The only way to get rain to really show is to back light it and that was not possible in this scenario. It would have been nice though, for sure.

]]> By: Joebwan http://www.lighting-essentials.com/make-the-shot-a-pool-player-in-a-rainstorm/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Joebwan Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:46:53 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=406#comment-342 It is unfortunate the rain doesn't read well under strobe light. I wonder if there is a way to capture background raindrops as streaks while still strobe lighting the subject. It is unfortunate the rain doesn’t read well under strobe light. I wonder if there is a way to capture background raindrops as streaks while still strobe lighting the subject.

]]> By: wizwow http://www.lighting-essentials.com/make-the-shot-a-pool-player-in-a-rainstorm/comment-page-1/#comment-338 wizwow Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:45:24 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=406#comment-338 Well, everyone would probably, no... hopefully, shoot it their way. I encourage everyone to make their shots their way. I didn' t want to light the top of it, preferring to offset the window area with the dark shape. It is part style, part genre. I would never personally 'vignette' an image like this. The pose is as it is. "Wrong" is one of those subjective statements that would have to be judged against the intent, which is unknown here. I rarely think in terms of 'wrong' when I am evoking a mood or something that has to convey an attitude. But as I said, every photographer and designer has to make a choice to do what they do. Make your shots. Take your stand. Thanks for visiting. Well, everyone would probably, no… hopefully, shoot it their way. I encourage everyone to make their shots their way. I didn’ t want to light the top of it, preferring to offset the window area with the dark shape. It is part style, part genre. I would never personally ‘vignette’ an image like this.

The pose is as it is. “Wrong” is one of those subjective statements that would have to be judged against the intent, which is unknown here. I rarely think in terms of ‘wrong’ when I am evoking a mood or something that has to convey an attitude. But as I said, every photographer and designer has to make a choice to do what they do. Make your shots. Take your stand.

Thanks for visiting.

]]> By: megapixelicious http://www.lighting-essentials.com/make-the-shot-a-pool-player-in-a-rainstorm/comment-page-1/#comment-337 megapixelicious Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:45:25 +0000 http://www.lighting-essentials.com/?p=406#comment-337 Personally I think the upper right corner should have been lit too or a vignette applied to the whole picture. Also the pose of the model seems wrong, from all the other shots I have seen of her I know that she is very well formed yet in the last picture she looks totally different. Personally I think the upper right corner should have been lit too or a vignette applied to the whole picture.

Also the pose of the model seems wrong, from all the other shots I have seen of her I know that she is very well formed yet in the last picture she looks totally different.

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