Need a good way to photograph posters w/o glare
David Pearlman
posters. The problem is that if I try to take the
picture "head on" (the preferable angle for a poster),
I get the expected glare and hot spots from most
posters when I take the picture. I can move the
camera to an angle to avoid the glare, but as mentioned,
this generates sub-idea perspectives. If I attempt
to take pictures without a flash, with the standard
room lighting (just a couple of overhead incandescent
bulbs), they're too dark.
My question is: Is there something I purchase that
will generate a decent amount of diffuse light in
order to take decent non-flash pictures. I'd want
something that could be set-up/removed quickly,
as this is not a devoted photo studio. And I'd like
something that doesn't cost two arms and a first
born! :-) Extra points for something that doesn't
raise the room temperature 20 degrees!
Note that this is a digital camera with an attached
flash, so there's no possibility of moving the flash
off camera.
I know that an alternative would be to photograph
outside, but I usually try to do this at night...
Thanks,
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them to stands at 45 deg angles (to left and right of camera)...as long as
they overpower the existing light in the building...you'll be fine. just
think of the poster as a mirror. also rember to white balance the cam to
tungsten lighting rather than daylight. good luck.
Aaron
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In article <7mvj3q$c7$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, David Pearlman <d...@vpharm.com>
wrote:
zeitgeist
perpendicular to a large window, or do outside and
photograph.
two: tape a small mirror in such a way as to bounce the
light against the ceiling or nearby side wall.
three: tape a small mirror or piece of paper to bounce the
light away from the posters and fire off a coule of small
slave flashes that you can get at most camera stores for
about twenty bucks each and can use for your party snapshots
to make them seem sooo cool, but don't get too carried away
or all your friends will want you to photograph their
weddings...
Randy G.
get some lighting, photographic or not, and use it indirectly. The
best way would be to use a room with curtains that can be closed to
shut out most of the daylight and with a flat-white ceiling. Use your
light by reflecting them off the ceiling. With the poster on the
floor, place the lights as near the floor as possible but above the
camera and use a tripod. Reflecting the lights off the ceiling will
diffuse the light and placing them away from the ceiling will
eliminate hot spots that can cause reflections. Diffusers on the
lights may also help. The lights should have metal reflectors that
will not allow light to get to the poster directly.
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David Pearlman <d...@vpharm.com> wrote:
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other flash. Put paper in front of your flash so the other flashes
can see the flash, but none falls on the poster. put your flashes at
opposite sides of the poster, at grazing angles.
Alternitavely, you could try to bounce your flash with mylar over
cardboard. First bounce 45 degrees away from the camera, second
bounce toward the subject.
On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:18:16 GMT, David Pearlman <d...@vpharm.com>
wrote:
Bob C.
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dmterp
Hi David,
This requires a standard copy setup which isn't too expensive.
Go to your local super hardware store and get two clampon reflector
lights. You'll get a socket with a switch on it and a clamp that you
can attach to any surface edge and swivel the socket. You will also
need two reflectors which may or may not come with the sockets.
This assembly comes without any bulbs, which is fine because you don't
want their bulbs anyway.
Now go to your local camera shop and buy two 500 watt daylight
photoflood lamps. Mount the clamp on sockets, reflectors and lamps on
the backs of two straight backed chairs and set them up so they are at
45 degrees from the surface of the poster, one on each side.
Don't set the lights too close or you will get a hot spot or two.
WARNING: These lights are very hot and will burn fabric or any
flamable material, do not set them down on any surface before they
have cooled off.
Now set the camera excatly at 80 degrees from the poster, framing it
as needed. Make the exposure and you will have digitized a poster.
If the posters come out a little too warm try some of the other WB
(White Balance) settings.
You may want to experiment with other light bulbs if these don't give
you the colors you need. With the auto WB setting they will probably
be OK.
Regards.
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Joshua_Putnam
>Note that this is a digital camera with an attached
>flash, so there's no possibility of moving the flash
>off camera.
Actually, there is. Get a small slave flash, place it where you
want, then deflect the on-camera flash with an index card -- the
bounced on-camera flash will still trigger the slave, but won't
create a hot spot.
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chris
This seems kinda obvious, so maybe I'm missing something.
Why don't you just use a tripod ? Yeah, remember to
filter for the lighting ( ie, tungsten or florescent light ).
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David Pearlman wrote in message <7mvj3q$c7$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>I have a digital camera, and I am trying to photograph
>posters. The problem is that if I try to take the
>picture "head on" (the preferable angle for a poster),
>I get the expected glare and hot spots from most
>posters when I take the picture. I can move the
>camera to an angle to avoid the glare, but as mentioned,
>this generates sub-idea perspectives. If I attempt
>to take pictures without a flash, with the standard
>room lighting (just a couple of overhead incandescent
>bulbs), they're too dark.
>.
MrHDSmith2
Anthony
a poster that you bought and keep the photograph for your own use. Most
other uses require permission from the copyright holder, unless the poster
is in the public domain (very rare, unless it's extremely old).
-- Anthony
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