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 Adventure Crime
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 |  |  | How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
< on 3/20/2012 5:19 AM >
|  | | | I've been exploring for quite awhile now, but am now just getting into capturing it. I see all these well lit amazing pictures in drains, basements, and other place, obviously its not natural. Are they small battery powered lights placed around? Or is it done through a program?
Thanks in advance.
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| |  |  | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 1 on 3/20/2012 5:58 AM >
|  | | | Lots of it is light painting. You set your camera on a tripod, set it for long exposure, and then almost literally paint the area you intend to photograph with a flashlight. Works great with some practice on cam settings and light source types.
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| | | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 2 on 3/20/2012 6:04 AM >
| | | | There are entire threads and forum sub-sections devoted to discussing this topic. I suggest you browse around a bit, lots of good info to be found around here.
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HungarianSM
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| | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 3 on 3/20/2012 8:10 AM >
| | | | Natural light through grates makes beautiful pictures on a sunny day at around noon, otherwise light painting is your friend, some explorers in AUS used candles in a shoot and I thought it looked pretty sick,
most drains are boring to photograph anyways, unless they're really old (Brick style) all of the ones around me are RCP (round concrete pipe) and get old fast..
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| | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 4 on 3/20/2012 4:11 PM >
| | | | You need to have a decent camera that you can use some manual settings on, and a tripod.
1. Set your ISO to around 400.
2. Set your aperture to somewhere in the middle, around 8 or 9.
3. Crank up your exposure time to as long as it will go.
4. Focus the camera. This will be tricky. I find the easiest way is to set the camera's ISO as high as it will go, like 6400, then have someone stand where you want the focal point to be and shine their light on their face, focus on that, then crank the ISO back down to 400 or so.
5. Hit the button and let the camera start exposing. Take your flashlight, and at a brisk pace, walk past the camera and down the drain, facing AWAY from the camera, moving your flashlight in a circle and illuminating the walls as you walk past.
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If you have a nice spotlight with a good throw, start the exposure and and just kind of 'paint' the entire tunnel.
If it comes out too bright, try either dialing down the exposure time or using less light. If it's out of focus, re-focus and try again.
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| | | | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 5 on 3/20/2012 6:11 PM >
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Adventure Crime
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| | | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 6 on 3/20/2012 7:49 PM >
| | | | Thanks for all the replies! I'm going to try this out sometime for sure. One last question, is light painting also done in pictures when you see beams of light coming though windows? Or is that something else entirely?
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| | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 7 on 3/20/2012 8:17 PM >
| | | | Posted by Theresbeautyindecay
Thanks for all the replies! I'm going to try this out sometime for sure. One last question, is light painting also done in pictures when you see beams of light coming though windows? Or is that something else entirely?
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That's usually done with a low ISO, narrow aperture and longish exposure, I think
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| | | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 8 on 3/20/2012 11:11 PM >
| | | | Posted by Theresbeautyindecay
Thanks for all the replies! I'm going to try this out sometime for sure. One last question, is light painting also done in pictures when you see beams of light coming though windows? Or is that something else entirely?
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This is often an effect accomplished using a very large device which has repetitive nuclear-like explosions far off in space, the light of which we use in some long exposures to create interesting pictures.
Or what Captain_Slow said.
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| |  | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 10 on 3/21/2012 6:10 PM >
| | | | If there is very little but existent natural light VERY long exposure works miracles (minutes long). Pictures look magical, but it may sometimes be hard to keep camera immovable for such a long time. But its worth it... you will need a timer for your particular cam.
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barefootpoetry
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| | | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 11 on 3/21/2012 6:18 PM >
| | | | I've photoed houses in the woods that were ensconced in pitch blackness just by using a tripod and a looooooooong exposure. The pictures turned out bright as daylight. Shutter cable with tripod is a must for these, or you can mock up if you don't have one or forget it (I sometimes do) by setting your camera on something stable and setting your timer to 2 seconds.
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| | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 12 on 3/21/2012 6:19 PM >
| | | | Posted by Captain_Slow
You need to have a decent camera that you can use some manual settings on, and a tripod.
1. Set your ISO to around 400.
2. Set your aperture to somewhere in the middle, around 8 or 9.
3. Crank up your exposure time to as long as it will go.
4. Focus the camera. This will be tricky. I find the easiest way is to set the camera's ISO as high as it will go, like 6400, then have someone stand where you want the focal point to be and shine their light on their face, focus on that, then crank the ISO back down to 400 or so.
5. Hit the button and let the camera start exposing. Take your flashlight, and at a brisk pace, walk past the camera and down the drain, facing AWAY from the camera, moving your flashlight in a circle and illuminating the walls as you walk past.
-or-
If you have a nice spotlight with a good throw, start the exposure and and just kind of 'paint' the entire tunnel.
If it comes out too bright, try either dialing down the exposure time or using less light. If it's out of focus, re-focus and try again.
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This is a great lil tutorial.
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| | | Re: How is lighting in drains, and other dark places done?
<Reply # 13 on 3/21/2012 10:00 PM >
| | | | Posted by bonnie&clyde
This is a great lil tutorial.
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...for boring, poorly lit photos.
The best drain photos all use multiple sources of light, typically obscured from the view of the camera. What you want is to create interesting shadows and casts of light. If you cant afford a bunch of lights, use a long exposure and walk around with a single light.
a few helpful pointers I've gleaned from many, many hours of practice shooting in the dark:
never light up the scene while standing behind the camera - it'll look like shit
dont walk away from the camera while spinning your light in circles - you'll see ghosts of your feet and splashes of water when its at the lowest point of its arc.
do experiment and take hundreds of photos to build technique
buy lights - lots of them. play around with them whenever you get the chance
dont believe there are any hard and fast rules - there's a time and a place for everything, even the things I told you not to do :p
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