Shooting Fashion Show Under Mixed Lighting Catwalk fashion shows are one of those situations where the choice of using either daylight or tungsten-type of color films is entirely up to the photographer concerned if available light photography is your preference. If you know of any such shows that will be lit under tungsten lighting all the time, it is better to load the camera with tungsten films. However, if daylight-type of lighting is to be used, the choice is clear then as to the emulsion used. What if the situation is held under mixed lighting, with a combination of natural daylight, daylight-balanced lights and tungsten spotlights? And what if these lightings do not appear all the time but at different intervals which the organizer or fashion designer had wanted them to be lit in such a way? In Malaysia, it is safe to assume that the lighting used for most of the shows will be the tungsten type while the daylight-balanced lights will only come on at 25 per cent or less of the whole duration. But it won't hurt if you decide to stock up with both daylight and tungsten films in your camera bag just in case the show is presented in full daylight or tungsten illumination. Daylight film under daylight Daylight film under tungsten lighting     Model under tungsten lighting Model walked into daylight territory For the first shot above, the model was lit by the daylight-balanced spotlight and the film (ISO 100) used was able to render the natural colors faithfully. For the next model, she was lit by the tungsten lighting and the warmer overall rendition was the effect. Switching over to tungsten-balanced color film (ISO 64), I was able to render another model that was lit by a tungsten light in neutral colors. But when she moved into a daylight-lit corner, a slight bluish cast had emerged in the next shot. Below are four more examples of how a tungsten-balanced color film has managed to reduce the warmer cast down to the more-accustomed daylight color temperature we are used to seeing with our eyes. Tungsten film shot under tungsten light Another similar effect     This one as well Under a stronger intensity of tungsten lighting Text and photos by Philip Chong. Copyright 2000 by Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 .