I've had good luck shooting day for night in a small room, with Canons and 3 or 4 ND9 on the windows - looking forward to exploiting the sensitivity of the FS100 for daytime shoots in this place.
I'm setting up to shoot with my new FS100 off and on over a few weeks at different times of daylight in this 11' x 13' room, 4 1/2 stories up, with two large - 6'(h)x2' - windows. One window faces south, one west. I want the outdoors visible but bright - about 1 1/2 stops over exposed. The topography is such that the top half of the view is sky, the bottom half is thick with trees and houses (so exposure of the view won't be consistent at top and bottom, and that's okay. I'm not going to attempt to graduate the gels.) The ceiling of the room is white and the walls are burnt orange. There will be a lot of sunny days, and one of the purposes of this setup is to learn to cope with changes in the light.
The room has picture rails about a foot below the ceiling which will be handy for hanging lights. (on the day for night shoot I lit mainly from the side and floor.
After metering, calculating, and testing with fragments of gel, I am planning the following.
Window Gels: Either 2xND9, or 1xND9 + 1xND6
Ambient illumination: 30-50 fc. I believe this will allow me to shoot at low stops for selective DOF at '500 asa'. (If I want more DOF I can increase the sensitivity.)
Soft Lights: A large softbox mounted above each window, with two 23w cfl lights in each. Griddable to sometimes keep as much light off of the walls as possible.
Hard Light: A couple of moveable 23w cfl lights for window-motivated outlining and to suggest the effect of sunbeams.
This is based on tests on sunny days, and may be a bit over-powered. So to match a reduction in exterior light I can gel the cfls and boost the sensitivity a bit to match.
I'll appreciate opinions and advice.
Maybe some PP recommendations.
I'm setting up to shoot with my new FS100 off and on over a few weeks at different times of daylight in this 11' x 13' room, 4 1/2 stories up, with two large - 6'(h)x2' - windows. One window faces south, one west. I want the outdoors visible but bright - about 1 1/2 stops over exposed. The topography is such that the top half of the view is sky, the bottom half is thick with trees and houses (so exposure of the view won't be consistent at top and bottom, and that's okay. I'm not going to attempt to graduate the gels.) The ceiling of the room is white and the walls are burnt orange. There will be a lot of sunny days, and one of the purposes of this setup is to learn to cope with changes in the light.
The room has picture rails about a foot below the ceiling which will be handy for hanging lights. (on the day for night shoot I lit mainly from the side and floor.
After metering, calculating, and testing with fragments of gel, I am planning the following.
Window Gels: Either 2xND9, or 1xND9 + 1xND6
Ambient illumination: 30-50 fc. I believe this will allow me to shoot at low stops for selective DOF at '500 asa'. (If I want more DOF I can increase the sensitivity.)
Soft Lights: A large softbox mounted above each window, with two 23w cfl lights in each. Griddable to sometimes keep as much light off of the walls as possible.
Hard Light: A couple of moveable 23w cfl lights for window-motivated outlining and to suggest the effect of sunbeams.
This is based on tests on sunny days, and may be a bit over-powered. So to match a reduction in exterior light I can gel the cfls and boost the sensitivity a bit to match.
I'll appreciate opinions and advice.
Maybe some PP recommendations.