hoffy, I shot these two images as part of a series for an lighting assignment when I was in photography school back in the mid 90's. As you might have guessed, it revolves around the use of fluorescent lighting. I had a lot of fun with this assignment.
I asked on the other image which Velvia, but now that I know it was in the 90's I'm guessing this is "original" Velvia, but a 50ASA film? that became Velvia50 later on? So you DID use a filter... for the Florescent? is it just the florescent filter or some other trick?
StoneNYC, I pulled the original transparencies from film storage and I was mistaken on the film that it was shot on. The film was Kodak Extachrome 100 Plus Professional / EPP. Sorry about the mistake. If memory serves me correctly (20 years ago), the fluorescent lamps were cool white. The first exposure was with a blacked out studio with the fluorescent lamps turned on and then off. A 40M+10Y Kodak Wratten gel filters in front of the lens for this exposure. The second exposure was with Norman strobes ( grids, spots and soft boxes). The models had to hold still for the first exposure. I had to edit out the shots that there was movement. I made the jail cell door with the fluorescent lights built in, cell brick wall and the stone tablet. The cloud background was rented from a prop shop. The "halo" was a circleline fluorescent lamp attached to a light stand with the ballast wired remotely. The prisoner outfit was rented from a costume shop. Moses furnished his own robe. I shot a bunch of test shots to dial in the exposures before the final shot. Thanks for the interest on how this all came together.