Hello everybody,

Wayne Gordon wrote:

> Anybody got any tips on lighting night scenes? To wit, an airplane
> flying at night. On a combat mission, no less, with some discernable
> flak bursts, a far below height field for ground zero, etc. I've
> got the modeling about done on the plane, and now it's time to get
> serious...but I've never done a night scene, nor for that matter
> am I that good at lighting.

What an interesting question !

Although I'm not very familiar with night lighting, I would like to
point out the way Hollywood does it.
Did you notice that, in movies, night scenes are not totally dark
(hopefully !), but rather lighted by BLUE light projectors ?
Furthermore, they are sometimes directed, not straight down to the faces
of the actors, but to a part of the scene that will then reflect this
light onto the faces, bodies, and so on... giving them "dark" colours,
if I may say so.

> Thanks in advance.
> Happy tracing.

The same to you !

I am looking forward to seeing your scenes.

GP
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