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Posted by Jukka Aho on 08/18/06 01:55
peter wrote:
> [problems with shooting backlighted people in front of large windows,
> and the difference between the color temperature of the incandescent
> lighting and natural light coming through the said windows]
>
> [...]
>
> What is the best solution to these two problems, if I run into it
> again in the future?
All solutions (except for shooting from an angle that puts you between
the target and windows) are more or less disruptive.
Pros use gels on the windows. This can solve the problem on the video
but makes the windows appear unnaturally dark and discolored in plain
view. For instance, this is a photo of YLE's (the Finnish Broadcasting
Company) small street corner studio in downtown Helsinki which they
use for their daily morning shows:
<http://www.saunalahti.fi/znark/yle_lasipalatsi.jpg>
Notice the orangish-brown color and how it is hard to see anything
through the window. That's because the people on the set are shot
backlighted against the windows and the windows have been equipped with
sunglass-alike gels. They look really dark and discolored when viewed
from the outside. (No, it's not because of the flash - I took another
photo without the flash and you couldn't see much anything at all in
that picture.)
This is the same studio viewed from inside:
<http://www.svang.fi/images/img_aamutv.jpg>
You can also see glimpses of the same studio in these video clips
("Aamu-tv:n keskusteluosuus"):
<http://www.yle.fi/yle24/videosali/index.php?a=10&t=1&q=11>
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znark
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