kenackr
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I have a B+W Kaesmann MRC rotating polarizer on my 100B and a matte box that allows me to put an additional 2 (4x4) filters in.
This weekend I was shooting a farmers market for a local TV station and ran into an interesting situation. Most of the growers had white popup canopies to shield their products and themselves from the sun.
When I would shoot with the sun at my back, trying to frame each booth and then zoom in to the produce, etc or vice versa, many of the canopies were catching direct sun but most of the produce and growers were in shade.
I could not find a setting that would work for the approach I wanted without having to reset exposure for the canopies and then underneath them. Most folks had their farms or brand names on the top of the canopy and that's why I wanted to include it. Thankfully not everyone had it that way.
I will be doing more of this and thought I'd pick up a Schneider grad ND 4X4 filter because I was blowing 100% zebra on the white reflections, even with the polarizer and 1/8 nd kicked in.
They have 4 strengths: 1 stop, 2 stops, 3 stops , and 4. With the builtin ND's on the cam I'm sure I don't have to go to the 4, and I'm looking for advice on which of the other 3 would do the trick.
The approach was to frame the booth as the establishing shot and then zoom and tilt down to CU the produce. I realize I might have to break the shot in two to take the ND grad out, but I'd like to play around with it a little.
Ken
This weekend I was shooting a farmers market for a local TV station and ran into an interesting situation. Most of the growers had white popup canopies to shield their products and themselves from the sun.
When I would shoot with the sun at my back, trying to frame each booth and then zoom in to the produce, etc or vice versa, many of the canopies were catching direct sun but most of the produce and growers were in shade.
I could not find a setting that would work for the approach I wanted without having to reset exposure for the canopies and then underneath them. Most folks had their farms or brand names on the top of the canopy and that's why I wanted to include it. Thankfully not everyone had it that way.
I will be doing more of this and thought I'd pick up a Schneider grad ND 4X4 filter because I was blowing 100% zebra on the white reflections, even with the polarizer and 1/8 nd kicked in.
They have 4 strengths: 1 stop, 2 stops, 3 stops , and 4. With the builtin ND's on the cam I'm sure I don't have to go to the 4, and I'm looking for advice on which of the other 3 would do the trick.
The approach was to frame the booth as the establishing shot and then zoom and tilt down to CU the produce. I realize I might have to break the shot in two to take the ND grad out, but I'd like to play around with it a little.
Ken
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