"Rob Morley" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <12132-48014506-12348@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> skippy-007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>> Camera plane.....The camera plane is a horizontal line that runs
>> directly across the camera position as it relates to the positon of the
>> subject. The subject is at the center of a circle and the camera is at
>> the outside edge of the circle so we are able to move lights around an
>> invisible circle at different degrees
>>
>> I am having a hard time grasping this..
>>
> Possibly because it's bollocks. For a start, a plane is a plane, not a
> line. Given some more context I might be able to figure out what he was
> trying to say.
"A plane is a plane", unless it is being flown by American Airlines!
(Sorry,
Mr Morley, four too many beers!)
I can understand a little what the OP is trying to say: the subject is at
the center of a circle, the camera is at a point on the perimeter of the
circle, and the lights are positioned at other point(s) on the perimeter
of
the circle.
But it is still bollocks (Or BS, for us Midwest Americans!). The lights
can
be higher or lower than the camera. They can be closer to the subject or
farther away than the camera, and their intensity can be varied. Just
indicting their position on the perimeter of an invisible circle ain't
gonna
cut it.
I suppose if someone were trying to come up with a "Universal Notation"
for
describing how lights are postioned in a studio setting this whole circle
thing might be a starting point. Personally, I like the drawings with the
stick figures!
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