Friday, 4 November 2011

Irish World Heritage Centre photograhy

Spent the day at the Irish World Heritage Centre photographing the rooms and artefacts connected to the Irish community as part of my client brief. Having just spent a fortune on a new lighting set I wanted to try it out. I have a Bowens 500 Classic head and Gemini 200 head flash lighting kit (I can't afford any more lights at this stage - poor student that I am!) The 500 will be the main light source whilst the 200 can be the backup light source. Ideally, I would have 2 x 500 lights but cannot afford these and will have to wait until I receive my next grant after Christmas before I can remedy this. 

I used the lighting kit in the smaller rooms, HDR in the larger rooms and a combination of the flashgun and one of the Bowens lights for some of the artefacts mounted on the wall. I will continue to experiment with different lighting sources in order to see which is most suitable.