I´m going to have to shoot a little commertial in a few days that will take place in a garden, the creative wants an ambient that communicates comfort, with broken backgrounds and a shinny morning light. He wants medium shots of a person talking as if he was speaking with another persons about how the product changed his life... sound quite easy but I have a couple of questions.
The first is how to deal with direct sunlight, as we´re going to shoot in digital and the contrast between direct sun exposed areas of the image and the shadow ones is so big we have to balance it. I have the idea of placing the character as the sun will be backlighting him, and the filling with some B-boards or so, but I´ve heard about using big silks and I´m not sure of the way people use them. I´ve seen shootings where the silk is placed as a diffusion device between the sun and the character but I think this creates a shadow area and I would like to maintain the effect of the rim created by the direct sunlight. I´ve also heard about the use of big nets (as to decrease the exposure on the bright areas while keeping the light quality) and adding a military camouflage net as a way to create subtle leaves patterns. I like this idea and would like to test it, but I´ve also heard that the best way is to put the character benath a shadow and starting from this point... the fact is that I don´t think I´ll have hmis to increase the exposure and I´m afraid about how will this match with a bright background, should I use mirrors for the backlight in this case?
The first is how to deal with direct sunlight, as we´re going to shoot in digital and the contrast between direct sun exposed areas of the image and the shadow ones is so big we have to balance it. I have the idea of placing the character as the sun will be backlighting him, and the filling with some B-boards or so, but I´ve heard about using big silks and I´m not sure of the way people use them. I´ve seen shootings where the silk is placed as a diffusion device between the sun and the character but I think this creates a shadow area and I would like to maintain the effect of the rim created by the direct sunlight. I´ve also heard about the use of big nets (as to decrease the exposure on the bright areas while keeping the light quality) and adding a military camouflage net as a way to create subtle leaves patterns. I like this idea and would like to test it, but I´ve also heard that the best way is to put the character benath a shadow and starting from this point... the fact is that I don´t think I´ll have hmis to increase the exposure and I´m afraid about how will this match with a bright background, should I use mirrors for the backlight in this case?