Day for Night

[Simon J Reilly]

Hi
I have a day for Night shoot coming up, and I am wondering the best procedure to achieve this.
Shoot will be later afternoon, 4.30 LA time. In a graveyard.
Should I just shoot normal. and do all the conversion in Post .
Or should I shoot under exposed to bring down my highlights.

thanks in advance

[Adam Eden]

Tiffen Day for night filter works a treat. '

Just try and avoid hard shadows from the sun on the ground and scrim as much hard sunlight as you can.

[Doug Beatty]

Always get your exposure correct and block the scene in the most evenly lit area as possible. Controlling the light is key, so make sure any highlights are motivated by the scene: lamps, flashlights, or even a bright moon are all possibilities.

Depending on the look you want, you could tint blue in post or shoot it practically as close to what you want using blue ND-filters.

[Simon J Reilly]

Thanks Adam , Doug


Totally forgot about shadows !
Night for day filter or Blues filter.
I am wondering if I crank down the color temp
would that give me more flexibility than using a filter

[Brian Merlen]

just get a fat negative without filters and do whatever you need in post... that's what i'd do...personally

[J.D. Frey]

also avoid the sky in your background if you can help it, or you may have to mask it out later. My bet is that unless it is overcast it is going to be extremely bright.

[Sascha Rossier]

yepp: shoot all normal, but as mentioned avoid harsh shadows, harsh reflections, sky if possible ...

and here's a pretty good tutorial for the post-process:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial...ht_conversion/

[Brett Reynolds]

No sky, backlight... no front light. Negative fill. Shoot after sunset. Crash ND grads into your frame. Get deep exposer so you can really step on it in post

[Les Dittert]

I'm curious why the shadows might be a problem ?
The moon is the same size as the sun, just not as bright and different color, no ?

Thanks Adam , Doug


Totally forgot about shadows !
Night for day filter or Blues filter.
I am wondering if I crank down the color temp
would that give me more flexibility than using a filter

[Simon J Reilly]

Some great advice here,
Thank you all.
Unfortunately this is scheduled for late afternoon,
So will have to deal with a low sun and long shadows .
I might have a chance of doing a test shoot the day before
will keep you updated