Muddy and boring colors

[Andy White]

I like Les's take on the images - alongside Bob's I'd probably opt fro something in-between.

Any thoughts from Christoffer?

 

[Christoffer Glans]

Lots of great tips in this thread for enhancing production value

Yeah, it went over more to be a cinematography thread than a DaVinci one, even if it's hard to say where the changes should be made from case to case

I probably would have staged it a little differently so that the camera was pointing more towards the white window, the cabinets at a diagonal to the frame, and then bring the people more into the foreground in semi-silhouette against the window and the reflections on the white cabinets.

If I needed that key light on the faces, then a hanging dish lamp with a bare bulb lighting the faces but low enough to be flattering. And the two people would be slightly less flat-on to the lens more of a raking angle.

I think the environment was a bit hard to re-stage like that, because there was a wall just outside the frame on the left side, but the dish lamp change is a great tip. Maybe I should get a collection of regular home lamps and fixtures for practical lighting

I like Les's take on the images - alongside Bob's I'd probably opt fro something in-between.

Any thoughts from Christoffer?

Yeah, I probably would say the same. Bobs were nice in his midtone contrasts by lifting it a bit, but the overall "depth" disappeared, while Les had a bit better depth and highlights (not the extreme one) but I think the feeling were a bit colder than for this scene (it's a warm morning, happy feelings).