"Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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> haha ..... can i join you? i've been at for sometime as well and have 
> NEVER gotten the lighting as good as this in any of my work. A very nice 
> example of what pov can do indeed! I had a photographer in my shop a 
> couple of days ago. He was photographing some antique pottery (crocks and 
> jugs) for a book. He was a very nice chap and was willing to put up with 
> me looking over his shoulder. He had a very bright single light, and used 
> a couple of mirrors to reflect light to the darker spots not hit by the 
> 1000W light he was using. The light had two dampers (little flaps) that 
> took away some of the harshness. He also did something I found really 
> interesting .... slowed down the shutter speed and moved the mirror from 
> side to side to paint the light across a the bottom edge of a piece that 
> had a hard to see potters mark. I really enjoyed watching him as lighting 
> is a very difficult technique to master (for me)
>

You are welcome to join me, Jim :-)
Interesting what you tell about that photographer, especially the trick with 
the moving light source! Never thought about doing that.

Thomas

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