ignite<\/a> my apartment.<\/p>\nThus, I will stick with fluorescent lights, correcting for white balance either with my camera’s white balance feature [assuming I ever find it] or with Photoshop in post-production. Andrea says that putting the light balance on "tungsten" balances out the bilious, jaundiced look from fluorescents, and Andrea is a god who can do no wrong, so I will take Her advice.<\/p>\n
I finally put together many bits of knowledge about lighting that I have gleaned over the years, and now I have a possible lighting scheme: <\/p>\n
1. There will be 2 side lights and 1 top light. The side lights stand on the left, the right or the front, depending on what the shot requires. The top light, as its name suggests, provides overhead light.<\/p>\n
2. There will be filters to soften the light. I am not sure what to make these out of, but I am sure that I can improvise something from the scads of cardboard and white tissue paper that I have. [Of course, the paper products will not touch the lights, which will be off if there is any significant time between shots.]<\/p>\n
3. I will find my white balance on my camera and use it.<\/p>\n
4. I will locate my tripod in case I need to use it, but I really don’t like it that much.<\/p>\n
5. I will rearrange my desk so that I can take pictures on it.<\/p>\n
To actually use this lighting scheme, I need to do some things:<\/p>\n
1. Buy an overhead light. It should be a desk light with a base [no clips] that will allow the overhead light to float appropriately high over the desk.<\/p>\n
2. Get another desk light with a base [no clips].<\/p>\n
3. Buy lots of extra light bulbs and store them in a convenient location, like in my desk.<\/p>\n
EDIT: I just got another desk light with a base. It’s a full-spectrum light with a special bulb that should last approximately an eon, so I didn’t get replacements. I also figured that I can use the articulated arm of my floor lamp to be the overhead light. Now I need to shove things around on my desk for some experimental pictures and find the light balance on my camera.
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