Hi all,
I was pondering something new to do....and it popped into my brain to maybe try some light painting at night, with various MF cameras I have....particualrly the larger ones.
My first thought for something REALLY unusual, was try try it with the 6x17 view camera, maybe with a car and the lake with palm trees there.
Ok, let's assume it is pretty dark...and somehow I get composition and focus.
I can use my cable release to bulb it open, first time actually WANTING the darned thing to stay open and locked...haha.
But how would I figure how much I'd have to do to get a decent exposure on film?
I've played with this on digital, but with that, I just would try a few test shots and look at the results on the back to get my timing, etc....and even with that, I'd shoot multiple images lighting different parts of the subject..example a car....some shots painting the wheels, the parts of the hood, etc.
After this I'dl composite them in Affinity Photo or PS.
But with my big pano camera...not sure how'd I'd pull this off.
I"m guessing I'd go with a decently small aperture, maybe f/16 or so...?
But say I'm using 400 or even 160 for doing a really long exposure....how would I go about figuring out how long to go?
It is going to be purely experiment and see if any of the 4 shots per roll of 120 film come out? Maybe I have to end up compositing them anyway?
Anyway....the idea struck me as an interesting and different one, and wondering if someone could give suggestions about pulling of successful exposure with light painting, with the environment being essentialy dark and the light painting being the predominant source of light.
Thank you in advance!!
C
I was pondering something new to do....and it popped into my brain to maybe try some light painting at night, with various MF cameras I have....particualrly the larger ones.
My first thought for something REALLY unusual, was try try it with the 6x17 view camera, maybe with a car and the lake with palm trees there.
Ok, let's assume it is pretty dark...and somehow I get composition and focus.
I can use my cable release to bulb it open, first time actually WANTING the darned thing to stay open and locked...haha.
But how would I figure how much I'd have to do to get a decent exposure on film?
I've played with this on digital, but with that, I just would try a few test shots and look at the results on the back to get my timing, etc....and even with that, I'd shoot multiple images lighting different parts of the subject..example a car....some shots painting the wheels, the parts of the hood, etc.
After this I'dl composite them in Affinity Photo or PS.
But with my big pano camera...not sure how'd I'd pull this off.
I"m guessing I'd go with a decently small aperture, maybe f/16 or so...?
But say I'm using 400 or even 160 for doing a really long exposure....how would I go about figuring out how long to go?
It is going to be purely experiment and see if any of the 4 shots per roll of 120 film come out? Maybe I have to end up compositing them anyway?
Anyway....the idea struck me as an interesting and different one, and wondering if someone could give suggestions about pulling of successful exposure with light painting, with the environment being essentialy dark and the light painting being the predominant source of light.
Thank you in advance!!
C