AWF Rules, Information and How to Post a Photo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU ASKED FOR IT AND NOW WE ARE DOING IT. The AFFORDABLE WATCH FORUM IS NOW THE $200 AND UNDER WATCH FORUM....... I, like you love watches I post and read a number of forums and will continue to do so and I encourage you to also do so. There is so much information for you in these forums Its great to get different views.My collection is not very large but I always have trouble deciding which to put on. One day I noticed most of my watches were bought for under $200 I wondered how many watches were for sale for $200. So I went to Ebay and tried Buy It Now and found 106 pages of men's watches for sale under $200.Try it yourself sometime. There are so many affordable quality watches, Seiko,Orient,Casio,Citizen,Hamilton,Bulova,Invicta,Vostok,Croton,Swiss Army,Wenger,Elgin,too many to name. While one of my favorite forums, Poor Man's Watch Forum, does covers these lower priced watches .I felt it was time to start a forum dedicated to just the under $200 watch. When I say under $200 I mean a Street Price of $200 or less. The price you would pay from an Internet dealer, new or used. or on Ebay While we all know you won't get a used Rolex or Patek Philippe for $200 you CAN get an vintage Omega or a Rado or a Tissot for under $200. So I will ask you to keep your posts only to Watches $200 and under . Sure a dollar or two over is OK and if shipping is included you can subtract reasonable shipping costs.But if its too high for this forum post it on PMWF or WUC . If I think a watch you post can not be bought for $200 I may ask you to prove your price source.............Guidelines and Posting Rules 1. Please be polite, supportive and helpful. 2. Please post Watches or Accessories for Sale on the Sales Page. You may link to dealers' and manufacturers' online site to advertise or promote a watch. NO posts to manufacturers or online dealers that sell replicas, fakes or counterfeits. ALL sales posts must have a photo posted with it. ( see how to post photo below) 3. Please post your auction links to the Auction Links Page. You can post links to Ebay or other auctions only if you post a short description of your auction item including if you have a Buy it Now feature. 4. You are welcome to link to other watch forums. 5. Keep you posts to watches with a price of $200 or less. All posts are the opinion of the poster and in no way the opinion of the affordable watch forum, owner, sponsors, or other members. I dislike rules and will try not to add any more than this. But as sole owner of this forum I will add and enforce rules as they become needed. I hope you enjoy this forum and have fun with it. Please email me with any concerns, suggestions, gripes anything. And I Thank You for your interest.... Syl Enea,aka cosmo93940 For Photo Hosting try villagephotos.com for low price and quality photo hosting. See the link on the home page.
 

   

PHOTO 101 (a photo lighting class)

April 8 2004 at 10:28 AM		  
 
This information is to help everyone take better photographs through better lighting. Ask questions here or email me at picturedman@yahoo.com or look at my Photographic Lighting Blog located at http://fotodog.blogspot.com
All information is part of an upcoming book.
(C)2004 morosse

CHAPTER ONE - EQUIPMENT
Expensive Equipment doesn't mean good lighting.

Quality equipment will help you.
- If you set a stand, and it stay how you adjust it, that is good.

Equipment list
1. A camera and remote release(film or digital)
Small objects may require a close up feature.
2. Tripod (heavy is good) This holds your camera still.
3. Light and Gobo(card, diffusion, flag) stands
4. Lights (tungsten and/or flash) having access to both
makes lighting easier.
5. Clamps for holding stuff
6. Background material - this can be anything from paper
to an object.
7. Other - This includes, but not limited to...
diffusion, bounce cards, Fun tack, clamps,
tape, wire, extension cords, etc.
8. Location - This could be a table top, a parking lot, or a
studio.

CHAPTER TWO - LIGHT LAWS
These 3 laws will help you solve most of your Lighting Problems.

1. Light travels in a straight line.

2. The angle of incidence EQUALS The angle of reflection.

3. Inverse Squared. - At any given distance, twice the
distance will receive a 1/4 of the amount of light, or
minus two stops. (1/2 the distance will receive x4
the amount of light, or +2 stops).



CHAPTER THREE - CHARACTER of LIGHT
Light is generally characterized by Hard Light and Soft Light.What everyone must note it that lights character is continuously variable between Hard and Soft light.

Hard Light- Refers to the QUICK transition from Highlight to shadow. (Example - A bright sunny day, the Sun casts hard, defined shadows.)

Soft light- Refers to the SLOW transition from Highlight to shadow. (Example - A very Cloudy day, the Sun/Clouds cast Little or NO shadows.)

dif·fu·sion (noun)
1. The process of diffusing or the condition of being diffused.
2. (Physics) a. The scattering of incident light by reflection from a rough surface.
b. The transmission of light through a translucent material.

Important Points
* A large source is softer than a small source.
* Distance between the source and object is important - If a very large source is very far away it becomes a hard source. (Example - the Sun is a very large source, it is 93,000,000 miles away, so it becomes a hard source.)
* The closer the diffusion to the object, the softer the light.
* If diffusion is placed at the source, the light will generally remain hard.

Why choose Hard or Soft light?

HARD light helps define surface and texture.
(if you would like to show the texture of the skin of an orange, a very hard source would help define the surface.)

SOFT light Helps define shape and contour.
(To illustrate the contour of a wine bottle, you may use a large long source that would run the height of the bottle, showing how it ungulates.)

Conclusions
Lets say you are photographing a model and her skin it not perfect, hard light would show off the bad skin even with good makeup. Conversely, if you were photographing a business man with bad skin not using makeup, Soft light would help hide the imperfections.

For questions and clarifications, contact me at picturedman@yahoo.com
(c)2004 morosse

 
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