If they want the show, they can have the show

Simplify Your Lighting

Less is often more when it comes to crafting beautiful illumination

By William A. Sawalich, Photography By Martin Wonnacott And Scott Markewitz

這是一篇在 Digital Photo Pro 上的文章，訪問的是一位商業攝影師談簡化(精純化)你的佈燈。有趣的是這段描述：

"I was doing an advertising shoot,... I decide that I really want to light the shot with one light, and it's gonna be awesome... So I instruct the assistants, we set up 16 heads, and I put everything on a tenth-of-a-second delay... And the art director says, 'I'm glad you're doing this because it can't be done any other way.'"

"It's pointless to say to someone like that, 'Well, you're wrong.' I show him the image, he's thrilled, it's my kind of lighting, it works, and it's a show. If they want the show, they can have the show."

是的，有時候客戶花大錢
你用精純的佈光做出最棒的效果，不是他們要的
此刻不需要執著於糾正客戶

不如這樣
你另外架16盞燈，但觸發設定都慢半拍，以確保相機在拍攝時吃不到這些燈光

你指揮若定，16盞燈調整位置、出力、方位，如此這般...
客戶看見這一場 "大陣仗、超深奧、大排場佈光"，感到花錢真值得，開心得不得了～

皆大歡喜～


sound familiar?

原文

Simplify Your Lighting