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Marvin Mattelson · 03-12-2003, 12:41 PM

Leslie,

I posted the finished painting last year in the professional unveiling section at http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...=&threadid=945

Michael,

I use two strobes, a main and a fill. I don't like a fill card because it is too uneven and directional filling the shadows unequally. I recently did a photo workshop for portrait artists in Atlanta and went to great pains to demonstrate the inequities of the fill card. I know many use it but I disagree with its effectiveness (me disagree?)

The main light can be modified to control the hardness or softness of the light. The fill is always very soft. Using the strobe lights allows me to use 100 asa film (very detailed) while shooting at f11 (good depth of field). Using b&w film allows me to control the amount of information the film captures, by varying the development times (under developing) I can extend the tonal range (Ansel Adams

03-12-2003, 12:41 PM	#8
Marvin Mattelson SOG Member FT Professional '04 Merit Award PSA '04 Best Portfolio PSA '03 Honors Artists Magazine '01 Second Prize ASOPA Perm. Collection- Ntl. Portrait Gallery Perm. Collection- Met Leads Workshops Joined: May 2002 Location: Great Neck, NY Posts: 1,093	Asked and answered Leslie, I posted the finished painting last year in the professional unveiling section at http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...=&threadid=945 Michael, I use two strobes, a main and a fill. I don't like a fill card because it is too uneven and directional filling the shadows unequally. I recently did a photo workshop for portrait artists in Atlanta and went to great pains to demonstrate the inequities of the fill card. I know many use it but I disagree with its effectiveness (me disagree?) The main light can be modified to control the hardness or softness of the light. The fill is always very soft. Using the strobe lights allows me to use 100 asa film (very detailed) while shooting at f11 (good depth of field). Using b&w film allows me to control the amount of information the film captures, by varying the development times (under developing) I can extend the tonal range (Ansel Adams __________________ Marvin Mattelson http://www.fineartportrait.com [email protected]