Problem solving with a plastic surgery photography lighting scenario.
I received an email from Dr. Joel Studin in April ’06, where he asked for help in setting up photographic lighting in his examination room at his offices.
Dr. Studin is a renowned cosmetic surgeon based in Long Island, NY and he needs to do specific ‘before’ and ‘after’ photographs of his patients for his records.
But there was a problem – despite guidelines from the plastic surgery society on standardizing photography, the results weren’t consistent, and just didn’t look good.
Fortunately, I was able to help him by applying a few lighting techniques, changes to his camera settings, and some unexpected inspiration …
