iPhone as a light source

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iPhone as a light source

Postby leek on Sun Aug 02, 2009 3:06 pm

I attended a very enjoyable concert last night with Leigh... We jointly discovered how effective an iPhone could be to enhance lighting. 1/13s @ f1.4 @ ISO 3200
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby colin_12 on Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:46 pm

An interesting effect but it makes him look tired.
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby gstark on Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:52 pm

colin_12 wrote:An interesting effect but it makes him look tired.


Leigh's Twitter feed wrote:Two hours of sleep is not ideal for another night on the town. Luckily, there's nudity
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby Geoff on Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:56 pm

Interesting indeed..his finger looks like ET's though :)
Did u have the 'light' app on at the time Leigh?
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby DaveB on Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:57 pm

He does look tired.

Have you looked at the Catchlight app? It's not bad (although its presets are not accurate in terms of °K, that doesn't really matter). I have it on my iPhone and use it every now and then.
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby sheepie on Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:57 pm

One of the best portraits of Leigh I've seen! (and there's been a few over the years!)

It sums his approach to life up nicely - must have gadgets on hand at every occassion ;)
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby surenj on Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:20 pm

What a compelling portrait indeed!

Iphone fill light!!! David Hobby will be so proud!
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby Nnnnsic on Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:32 am

I was exhausted. I've had a really awkward (semi-bad) weekend, but the place we were at last night was certainly one of the highlights.

The nudity helped.

Interestingly, the light source came from the Twitter app I was using to tweet that.
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:33 pm

Bloody rippa of a portrait, the downlighting, the iphone fill (like Surenj I was thinking DH), the intense look in Leigh's eyes.

Fantastic stuff.


My only niggle is, I'd burn the seat to the right of Leigh (as we look at him) as its a bit bright and draws the eye away from Leigh.
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Re: iPhone as a light source

Postby colin_12 on Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:53 pm

It is a good portrait of leigh,

[quote="Geoff"]..his finger looks like ET's though :) [quote]

I think Geoff has something here.....could explain the gadget obsession :up:
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