Comments on: Step and Repeat Banners Elements of Design http://amlsp.com/LargeFormatPrinting/index.php/2010/01/14/step-and-repeat-banner-elements-of-design/ Custom Digital Direct Large and Grand Format Printing Applications Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:07:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: modartgirl http://amlsp.com/LargeFormatPrinting/index.php/2010/01/14/step-and-repeat-banner-elements-of-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7 modartgirl Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:07:09 +0000 http://amlsp.com/LargeFormatPrinting/?p=485#comment-7 Regarding angles, first it wouldn't work. The space is too limited and once you crop the shot you wouldn't get sponsors in the picture for the head shot, full shot yes. But if you look at the photographers who know how to shoot, most of them have the actor on an angle for wide shots and over the shoulder...and the photographers who turned off their flash got the shots. But when you with 150-200 photographers in in line like PS Gala it's tough with the best lighting. Go back to two years ago with the lighting on the ground, those picture didn't blow out the backing because we under lit the backing. When your dealing with such a rich color as red or green unless you have hours to spend on lighting and most shows don't. We have a 3 day load in which is already tight to pull this event off. Most backings I see have the same problem when using vinyl material, it's going to give in areas. Look at the People Choice awards, the same thing and that backing wasn't big. The perfect solution would be overhead lighting and lights at bottom going up...and the fill would be from the photographers. But once again most backings are placed in tight spots where you can't light from overhead/behind thus you have to use a few key lights above. It's also a time and a money consideration unless you doing the Golden Globes or Oscars. See my examples of on the photographer shot actors correctly. Regarding angles, first it wouldn’t work. The space is too limited and once you crop the shot you wouldn’t get sponsors in the picture for the head shot, full shot yes. But if you look at the photographers who know how to shoot, most of them have the actor on an angle for wide shots and over the shoulder…and the photographers who turned off their flash got the shots. But when you with 150-200 photographers in in line like PS Gala it’s tough with the best lighting.

Go back to two years ago with the lighting on the ground, those picture didn’t blow out the backing because we under lit the backing. When your dealing with such a rich color as red or green unless you have hours to spend on lighting and most shows don’t. We have a 3 day load in which is already tight to pull this event off.

Most backings I see have the same problem when using vinyl material, it’s going to give in areas. Look at the People Choice awards, the same thing and that backing wasn’t big.

The perfect solution would be overhead lighting and lights at bottom going up…and the fill would be from the photographers. But once again most backings are placed in tight spots where you can’t light from overhead/behind thus you have to use a few key lights above.
It’s also a time and a money consideration unless you doing the Golden Globes or Oscars.

See my examples of on the photographer shot actors correctly.

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