Shooting a painters studio...

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Ogrus

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This assignment scares me!!!
A well known painter of my area asked me to film him while he is working.
There are a few things i seek advice for. I´m not really after the movie look, i want sharpness and colors to be as close to reality as possible
My main concern is light, sunlight. The painter told me that he paints from 4pm till 6pm because the sunlignt coming in is amazing. Im a action guy and have no idea about filming sunlight coming thru a window in a studio.
Any advice or suggestions is very welcomed!
Please save my a**!!!
Ogrus
 
White balance often as you can, the light changes rapidly during this time of day, and it will cause some major color shifts if you don't white balance good.
 
On the other hand, white balancing too often will make you lose that amazing sunlight.

Artistic choices. Decide. Or ask the artist what is wanted, after explaning what the result will be. (Better yet, shhot some tests on a previous day, balancing and not balancing, and show what the difference will be.)
 
GenJerDan said:
On the other hand, white balancing too often will make you lose that amazing sunlight.

Artistic choices. Decide. Or ask the artist what is wanted, after explaning what the result will be. (Better yet, shhot some tests on a previous day, balancing and not balancing, and show what the difference will be.)
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Good point...I would do some tests first. Try the presets and try a singel WB, then multiple WB's, maybe every 30 minutes or so. It really depends on personal choice and what you're trying to achieve. All the sunsets I've shot (very few) have been for short amounts of time, never over teh course of 2 hours.
 
Many thanks for your advice!
It wont be a 2 hour sunlight shooting, more like 10 minutes of him painting, so i´ll go ahead and WB and ask his opinion. What about shutter speed and exposure?
any advice?
 
Well, shutter and exposure are creative choices. The type of shot will dictate these. If you shoot a close up of his face and him painting you'll probably want to expose for skintones. A wide shot will call for a different setup.
 
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