Calamari

My next class project requires me to implicate Gregory Crewdson's Twilight series work.

In this case, I'd make full use of multiple strobes, but I am not allowed to use them. Rather, I have to make use of tungsten lights.

Whats worse, I have to use b/w film to do this.

Could anyone point me in a direction that could replicate this effect?



using tungsten light? How do I make a beam of light visible this way?

Thanks!

AgS2K

A 1 million candle power flashlight and a smoke machine?

Calamari

I will be using a source of light for sure, but I was wondering how to photograph crepuscular rays, how people shoot natural beams of light from the sun... without a smoke machine. I will be renting a smoke machine for the project but if i could do it naturally, that would be superb. is this possible?

kinda like this without a smoke machine

zzziippyyy

This light, should be able to provide you with what you need to do.

http://konovaphoto.com/continuous-lighting...el/dtw1000.html

AgS2K

Those natural beams are caused by mist or fog in the air. Smoke machines are also called fog machines.

Penforhire

Nearly impossible to get a strong light backscattered that well without also fogging up the background of the shot. That example is crisp! I say the easy route is to post-process the beam into the shot. Nobody can tell if you do it right. You can pop strobes (edit, pop tungsten, lol) to get the lit pools of light on the ground. Don't try to light-paint the scene in one shot. Just lock the camera down and combine multiple masked frames in post to get it all right.

NFRs2000NYC

Photoshop.

AgS2K

And when the instructor asks to see the negatives? Remember: B&W film is the requirement.

It doesn't take much mist in the air to do this at night.

NFRs2000NYC

I know I know, I was merely kidding. I suppose REALLY early morning (5am) when there is fog/dew would be the best time.

zzziippyyy

Kudo's to your instructor, it is nice to see some solid technical teaching in today's day of photoshop and digital media.