Wow, I am so delinquent in responding - so sorry!
Jean, regarding the camera settings, my camera does a very good job with auto, and I find that I only need to specify a white balance when the light is at an extreme temperature in either direction. I tweak saturation and contrast in Adobe photoshop as needed, before printing. I have found though, if I use a "portrait" setting (large aperture) my camera has trouble getting everything in focus. A smaller aperture would be better.
Sergio, I only paint in natural indirect light, which is quite close to the 6500 K bulb. In Arizona there is so rarely
anything but clear blue skies that the indirect natural light is quite constant in temperature, at least compared to a region where there's lots of rain, clouds etc.
If I were to paint under an artificial light I would use the same bulb.
This is one of several images from a series of photos that I took, and Scott Bartner actually painted from this particular image - a spectacular piece that was accepted into the Royal Society of Portrait Artists last year. I am going to buy a lottery ticket (I keep meaning to) so I can purchase this painting from Scott- this is my daughter Alexandra.
Here is the link to the
painting on Scott's wonderful site
Hybrid Mode
