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    Light...we've all seen it

    It's evening, it's right after a storm, the air smells fresh and the light, well...it's to die for.

    What does it take to recreate that light in a studio...either with lighting or Photoshop?

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    Quote Originally Posted by chauncey View Post
    ...What does it take to recreate that light...?
    Re-creating creation? That may be setting one's sights a bit high

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    Quote Originally Posted by chauncey View Post
    the air smells fresh
    I can absolutely guarantee you that my makeshift studio has not ever smelled like that and never will.

    As for recreating that quality of light in a studio, check out the quote displayed in the automated signature at the bottom of my posts. The three authors who wrote it explain that it also applies to studio photography.

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    I've got that book Mike and it would appear that LED lighting comes closest to mimicking sunlight,
    it won't separate light into various colors like a prism does.
    I was wondering if adding some sort of filter to the light would help...
    Re-creating creation? That may be setting one's sights a bit high
    Maybe just a tad, but...one must always have goals, and...an ego to compliment them.

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    Quote Originally Posted by chauncey View Post
    It's evening, it's right after a storm, the air smells fresh and the light, well...it's to die for.

    What does it take to recreate that light in a studio...either with lighting or Photoshop?
    I'm thinking WB is the key.

    It being evening, there will be red in the air - so playing with the WB temp and tint sliders should do it.

    Or, in the studio, add some red somehow but shoot with daylight or flash WB.

    However, the Impressionists didn't flock to Normandy for nothing, just to capture "the light" . . .

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    Easy enough to test out (or possibly hard), try setting up a small interior (perhaps a doll house) and simulate sunlight streaming through the window or recreate an outdoor scene. The tricky part would be not letting natural light influence the scene.

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    Light...we've all seen it
    Have we really, or did we just see it bounce off stuff?


    In an attempt to answer the question:

    It's evening, it's right after a storm, the air smells fresh and the light, well...it's to die for.
    Let's analyse this: what you're saying is the air was clear of particulates, so keep it clean and dust free.

    In addition to, as others have said, the colour temp of the light.

    However, you have also brought a lot of other context, notably smell - so try a subtle air freshener in the studio perhaps?

    You might even need the 'scene' to be literally set, as John has suggested.

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    My studio work is entirely table-top stuff and I use a series of 100 Watt equivalent LED lights
    on dimmers. Accurate color is achievable using a x-rite passport but...that "golden hour glow"
    still escapes me.

    Aah...the rain comment was meant to set the stage.

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    Re: Light...we've all seen it

    Try some gels. Most notably CTO's.

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