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01/13/2006 04:12:25 AM · #1 |
If you find a sweetspot for your indoor lights can you just use that same setting all the time? If you use the same lights in the same room nothing should change right?
2 different cameras with the same settings.
 
Left is Canon A60, right is my new A510
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01/13/2006 06:19:52 AM · #2 |
Any lighting has a set of exposure settings that produce properly exposed images. What those setting are depends on the light and what you consider 'proper' exposure.
The two images don't seem to be exactly the same exposure (the one on the right is slightly darker) -- but they were also not taken at exactly the same angle with exactly the same focal length from the looks of it.
Things that can cause a difference are metering modes, age of the light bulbs and in-camera processing. The use of manual settings negates the meters differences, and the age of the lights shouldn't vary very quickly -- but the in-camera processing from two different cameras can cause quite a difference.
Even little things can cause a difference if your not careful (are you wearing the same color shirt today as yesterday?), but the direct answer to your question is yes it is possible to set up your 'studio' and not touch the settings again for a long time -- many pro portrait photographers do this on a routine basis. For example, there is a photographer here in town that (until recently) showed a distinct sameness to all portraits. The lighting was all exactly the same, the poses very similar and everyone was looking at the same 'X' he had taped to the wall when he first rented the studio (analogy, I have not been in the studio to see if there is actually tape on the wall, or if he is pointing at his clock or something). Fortunately, his window display shows a recent excursion inton on location portraits -- and his store-front is looking much better because of it.
David
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01/13/2006 08:01:02 AM · #3 |
Part of the art, and freedom of photography is to be able to adjust your lights.
Experimenting with the light is always a good thing.
Getting differant looks is what you are after. Honestly, the same lighting setup that looks good on one pix, may not look good on the next pix.
No, there really is no such thing as a sweet spot. But, there is a thing called lighting for the subject where, I guess, you create your own 'sweet spot'.
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