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One photograph was completed by photographer Roger Howard, under normal and modest conditions. It can be said that it was distinguished and exceptional. With a few devices, with a wide imagination and accuracy in the work, it was possible to achieve a halo over the image, which studio operations did not include in the method of its formulation, as it is relatively thanks to the zoom lens. .

In order to get good and distinctive facial pictures. Portrait and high artistic methods, we will not need an expensive studio or complex equipment....
Before us here is a practical experiment carried out by a photographer named Roger Howard, who cleaned his garage garage and used a flash unit with an ordinary household lamp, tungsten. And a zoom lens... This is in addition to a little imagination to produce a wonderful and distinctive photograph.
Roger installed black curtains on the doors, and put new batteries in the flash unit with the help of his Pentax camera (LX) and an Akva film roll (21 CT).... Although he did not rely on uncommon devices, he was able to achieve high results thanks to the accuracy planning it.

In the evening, Roger made sure that no strong light had penetrated into the garage, then he brought the tungsten light after he had equipped it with a 1000-watt cinema lamp with a teacher who focused it three feet from the door. And then he used a seat that he placed in the foreground, at a distance of two feet from the lamp, and then seated his daughter, Kerry, on the seat, relying on her as a model or as a subject for photography.

Then Roger installed his camera on the tripod.
He fixed it at the end of the garage and equipped the camera with a zoom lens - Tamron 70-150 after connecting it with a flash cable - Vivitar 283. He placed it next to the camera, three feet away from it, and as soon as his daughter took her position, the tungsten lamp lit, which led to strong backlighting of his subject after that he turned on the zoom. into the lens so that it fills the viewfinder.
Thus, he determined the final position of the camera against the subject and provided a source for taking the reading of the meter. The flash gave it a reading of f/8, and the aperture showed it needed a one-second exposure with a tungsten light. . They cut out all the lights, leaving the tungsten alone. And with the use of opacity
He achieved the exact effect he wanted on his daughter's hair with just one second of exposure.

We mention here that Roger decided to do an experiment without film before practicing the exposure, and to get an effect. corona. Around his daughter's head he had to get the zoom to its exact position, as if zoomed in too fast the effect would be lost while an image that lacked sharp focus could be achieved if operated too slowly.
Here he made a final and careful examination of the meter reading, the flash unit, and the tungsten light, and then fixed the curtain in its usual position after working on the zoom for a few minutes before the exposure, because it was necessary not to overdo the zoom, but gently and gradually, Roger then put the shutter on a second point Take one shot with an LX camera () and zoom in at the same time. And when he felt satisfied with the arrangements he had made, he installed the film in his camera and used the pillar, and here he did not use the remote control wire, which necessitated the work with a greater degree of smoothness.

Roger set the lens at 70mm and got his subject - his daughter - sharp in the viewfinder, then released the shutter while simultaneously operating the zoom. The effect of the halo that we see in the attached picture on this page is thanks to the zoom, as it happened that the flash unit lit the smaller of the two pictures.
While the tungsten light worked to secure a constant backlight for the larger image after the zoom had done its job.
Roger chose to work with a push-pull zoom, rather than a two-touch room, for obvious reasons. Although the effect can be achieved, it remains difficult to roll two rings at the same time.
In order to obtain the desired benefits. Roger intended to cover the lower part of the transparency when restoring it..
Here it can be said that with some care and imagination, Roger Howard achieved a beautiful photograph that his family would keep for many years, except for the appreciation of his work, which did not cost him much financially.