Plate 31:  The photographer experiments with fill-lighting, Part 1: a formation of toy soldiers in a close-up shot
(This plate added FEB 2004)

EFORE constructing a battlement-display (see sketch in Plate 30 ), the photographer experimented with fill-lighting, a technique that is employed to remove harsh shadows from a display. For his experiments, he decided to use a small formation of toy soldiers as a subject, since the battlement display is best suited to such subject matter. --more--
This photograph, at 1.2 megapixel resolution, was illuminated from above by a 100-watt floodlamp in the light fixture shown in Plate 6 (the key light)	This photograph, at 1.2 megapixel resolution, was illuminated from above by a 100-watt floodlamp in the light fixture shown in Plate 6 (the key light), and, in addition, was illuminated from the right with a 150-watt non-flood incandescent lamp in a desk-top fixture with a tipping glass shade (the fill light)
The subject of these photos is a formation of toy soldiers painted in bright glossy enamels. The toys are cast in metal to a scale of 1/32 (one thirty-second); they represent the Corps of Drums of the Scots Guards, one of the five foot-regiments of the British Army's Household Division. A foot-regiment is a regiment whose troops are not mounted on horseback. A Corps of Drums is a musical unit that performs in addition to the main regimental band. The Household Division comprises five foot-regiments: the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, the Scots Guards, the Irish Guards, and the Welsh Guards. Also part of the Household Division is the Household Cavalry Regiment and the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery, which is the ceremonial unit of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Go to top of page