Velvia indoors?

You want either tungsten-balanced film, or a correcting filter (pale blue).

"Celeste G" <celesteges RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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 > Hello,
 > I am primarily an outdoor nature photographer. I love the pop that Velvia
 > 50 gives my work.
 >
 > Recently I was asked to photograph the inside of our church. I used
 > Velvia...not my favorite 50...but Velvia 100 thinking that indoor
 > photography would need a little faster film.
 >
 > All the walls of the church are cream color but the slides show them all
 > as being orange/yellow...... not a bad look but certainly not what I had
 > in mind for this project.
 >
 > Please advise....What film would give true colors, indoors, no flash,
 > electric lights?? I have a few weeks before the project is due for
 > presentation.
 >
 > Thanks
 > Celeste
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[Celeste G wrote in rec.photo.film+labs]
 > All the walls of the church are cream color but the slides show them all as
 > being orange/yellow...... not a bad look but certainly not what I had in
 > mind for this project.

Sounds more like the lighting in the church is casting a colour across
your images. A cooling-filter (80A, possibly 80B) will help if you want
to use Velvia for your images.

Churches (speaking from a UK perspective) make a wonderful subject -
especially if the building has a beautiful and colourful stained-glass
window. If it does, shoot the window on a brilliant bright day and let
the high-saturation of Velvia fill the frame with as much colour and
saturation as you could ever want.




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Rather than use a filter my first choice would be either:

Fujifilm RTP-II 135-36 Fujichrome 64T Professional Tungsten Color Slide Film
(ISO-64) if you can find it (B&H is currently out of stock).

Or Kodak EPJ 135-36 Ektachrome 320T Tungsten Professional Color Slide Film
(ISO-320) four+ times as fast.

Note that color balance will only be approximate with either Tungsten film
or a filter, unless you know the actual color temperature of the lights in
the chapel, but that tungsten film/filtration will probably bring you
closer.

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"Andy Davidson" <$andy$@nosignal.org> wrote in message
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 > [Celeste G wrote in rec.photo.film+labs]
  > > All the walls of the church are cream color but the slides show them all
as
  > > being orange/yellow...... not a bad look but certainly not what I had
in
  > > mind for this project.
 >
 > Sounds more like the lighting in the church is casting a colour across
 > your images. A cooling-filter (80A, possibly 80B) will help if you want
 > to use Velvia for your images.
 >
 > Churches (speaking from a UK perspective) make a wonderful subject -
 > especially if the building has a beautiful and colourful stained-glass
 > window. If it does, shoot the window on a brilliant bright day and let
 > the high-saturation of Velvia fill the frame with as much colour and
 > saturation as you could ever want.
 >
 >
 >
 >
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Thanks so much for your replies.....I will get a filter and give it a
try...... and next time I am in B&H I will look for the films that were
suggested. A girl can't have too film!

Thanks again
Celeste....sorry for the duplicate note...wasn't sure about how to correctly
reply to be part of the thread......
 >> Stay informed about: Velvia indoors?