Posted by Rick Merrill on 02/14/06 13:47

nobody special wrote:
> I would say:
>
> Remember light's angle of incidence =angle of reflection and use it to
> your advantage, by being inside or ourside that angle. Don't put the
> camera at the back of the room, shoot from one of the sides, preferably
> the one facing the lecturer's non-writing arm,

:-) tried this once and the lecturer turned out to be left-handed!-)
I'd forgotten to ask!

this way, they turn 1/2
> to 3/4 from the board right into your lens, the board gives their face
> a nice bounce fill from that side, but doesn't reflect a hotspot at
> you. You have a little more depth of field problem to work with, but
> the angled shooting compresses the width of the writing intoa tighter
> frame, and if you are focused on the writer, the stuff being written
> will tend to also be in focus immediately near them.
>

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