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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2014, 02:06:23 pm »

The heart shaped catch lights are cute. I may need to purchase a Sony camera for that feature alone.

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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2014, 02:07:23 pm »

The heart shaped catch lights are cute. I may need to purchase a Sony camera for that feature alone.

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As I don't use flash I rarely have nice catchlights; obviously I need a Sony camera :)

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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2014, 08:23:16 pm »

Seems that a LR plugin could be made to do something similar?
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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2014, 09:19:22 pm »

Seems that a LR plugin could be made to do something similar?



doubtless. although I am sure lawyers bills would trump dev costs.

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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2014, 02:05:09 pm »

Do you post produce catch lights Edmund?
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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2014, 05:33:33 pm »

Do you post produce catch lights Edmund?


The right way to produce eye reflections is to use the lighting you shoot with, or add for effect.

Soft light with a specular reflection "catch light?" is confusing.

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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2014, 10:42:11 pm »


The right way to produce eye reflections is to use the lighting you shoot with, or add for effect.

Soft light with a specular reflection "catch light?" is confusing.

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BC

Yes, the right way to make photographs is to take photographs. But it seems their parents failed to inform the iPhone generation of this fact.

Actually I think once or twice in my life I have retouched a light into someones eyes.

The fact that this can now be automated (in camera!) seemed worth posting; I have no doubt we will also see self-illuminating contact lenses soon.

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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2014, 02:44:33 am »

Yes, the right way to make photographs is to take photographs. But it seems their parents failed to inform the iPhone generation of this fact.

Actually I think once or twice in my life I have retouched a light into someones eyes.

The fact that this can now be automated (in camera!) seemed worth posting; I have no doubt we will also see self-illuminating contact lenses soon.

:)

Edmund


I'd rather see a new line of high powered led lighting, that runs off of v lock battery's modifiers that resemble, par, fresnel, that really do put out 450 watts, not equivalent watts.


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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2014, 10:23:35 am »

But... is that a dude?   ??? :P
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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2014, 11:02:12 am »


I'd rather see a new line of high powered led lighting, that runs off of v lock battery's modifiers that resemble, par, fresnel, that really do put out 450 watts, not equivalent watts.


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Mod some LED car headlights. They won't produce a lot of heat so the mod should be feasible.
Or put a bundle of LED lightbulbs in a big rectangular Annie Leibowitz style lightbox, make a bank of them, you'll be able to make even Mrs Clinton look ageless :)

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Re: The right way to add catchlights :)
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2014, 04:29:43 pm »

Hey Cooter have you checked out these LED lights?
http://www.cineolighting.com
No fresnel version. But they are very clean colour rendering index wise (95+) and much brighter than others around. The real life output of the Truecolor HS is close to a 4K soft light. The XS is more than a 6K Brute.
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