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?
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 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.
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...
Maybe just a tad, but...one must always have goals, and...an ego to compliment them.Re-creating creation? That may be setting one's sights a bit high
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" . . .
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.
Have we really, or did we just see it bounce off stuff?Light...we've all seen it
In an attempt to answer the question:
Let's analyse this: what you're saying is the air was clear of particulates, so keep it clean and dust free.It's evening, it's right after a storm, the air smells fresh and the light, well...it's to die for.
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.
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.
Try some gels. Most notably CTO's.