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One does not often get a chance to work in the Tate Royal. It's one of those places where I went to go relax and learn. So setting up lights in those big rooms with all the amazing pictures - William Turner (one of my all time favorites) has his own rooms there - was just a privilge. But it was quite a challenge to work at the Tate especially because we were only allowed 2k for each room; we managed to sneek 2x 1,2 k pars in there, but still you're fighting the limits on every shot. And so our package for the Tate just consisted of the 1.2k Pars, some CP64's, and a handfull of Tungsten units and Springballs) It was my first time working with the high ranking DoP Rain Li. She designed the shots in a way so that we always were able to get in our lights as close as possible - so we still got a soft, beautiful daylight look that incorporated the available lights in the Tate. In one master shot where we did have to see the whole room, Rain went with just having a beautiful blue reflection (of simmulated daylight) on the shiny floor to match the other shots. Those were the moments where she really gained my respect - incredible images! A nice detail on the side was that our small daylight sources that we had pouring into the rooms were extended onto the faces with tungsten lights (gelled with CTB). This really enhanced the quality of the skin tones. HMI's are quite harsh on the skin... (of course, this was only possible due to the white balance - the CTB gels tend to have big green spikes... ) The D20 (and the way Rain calibrated the white balance, etc.) really helped with the colours. All in all - working in London is always a pleasure!
Thanks for the beautiful setfotos, more are available on Marias homepage: http://www.mariaguerberof.com
For further information:
http://www.rainli.co.uk
http://purefilm.co.uk