Good day to all, I am looking for some advice for photographing still life indoors. To start with, I enjoy photographing with my 4x5 camera but what I tend to photograph is outdoors with ambient light. Currently I am taking still life classes through an online school; however, the classes are geared more towards lighting for smaller formats (35mm or APS). I know there are some similarities and some differences between the two but I wish to challenge myself for the final project of the class and photograph exclusively with the 4x5. I currently have 2 Alien Bee B800 strobe units with light modifiers (umbrellas, softbox, honeycomb grids, snoot, etc.) and a Minolta Auto Flash III light meter. As a requirement, unless otherwise directed, the images for the class are to be photographed exclusively indoors with controlled lighting.
- I feel the advice I am looking for is what to consider for bellows factor in accordance to bellows draw, aperture, shutter speed and movements?
- Would the Reciprocity timer app (which I have) help me in figuring this out?
- For those of you who shoot still life imagery quite often, could you offer your process for approaching the subject?
- Which would be a better, constant lighting or strobe? I do have shop lights that work fairly well but I am limited in how I can modify the light.
- Any other considerations that I should be concerned about that I haven't thought of (film recommendations, focal length, etc)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can offer.
Kind Regards,
David
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