Dark Cloth
I made my own dark cloth. I put Velcro on the edges and camera to keep it on in the wind. Visit any fabric store and try the different fabrics by putting them over your head to see how dark they are.
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The dark clothes on the man readily make him stand out. There is a dramatic value shift. The door on the shadow side of the house is also dark but it is surrounded by a mid value so it won't attract the viewer to the wrong area.
Focusing cloth - dark cloth used in view camera photography.
Focusing hood - light proof cowl used on TLR and most roll film SLR cameras to prevent extraneous light falling on the focusing screen.
You can use a jacket, but a dark cloth is preferable and does not cost much anyway compared to the price of the rest of the equipment. A cloth with a white exterior is nice on hot days or if photographing on a busy site.
The photographer will often use a focusing cloth or "dark cloth" over his or her head, and the rear of the camera. The dark cloth shrouds the viewing area and keeps environmental light from obscuring the image.
Again, I adjusted the Temperature but I had to be careful with the Exposure and Contrast settings so as not to blow the detail in the dark clothing, which I considered more important here than in Figure-2.
Suggest dark clothing that will be subdued — avoid checks, stripes and big patterns, unless such outfits are your subject's trademark. If the clothing is subdued and the background is simple, the emphasis will be on your subject.
Taking your dark, subdued clothing to the next level, you could cover yourself and your kit with a large, dark cloth, or some scrim netting.
Focusing cloth
A dark cloth used in focusing a view camera. The cloth fits over the camera back and the photographer's head to keep out light and to make the ground glass image easier to see.
A complete view camera system consists of the camera, a couple of lenses, the digital back, a dark cloth, a focusing loupe, a tripod, etc. Complete with protective case, it will weigh at least 30 lbs.
Take a look at the photo in the right, the guy has dark clothing, much of which is in the shade, and the snow is in bright sunlight. It's hard to imagine a scene with more contrast.
Clothes Light
Any off-the-face fixture used to lighten dark clothing or emphasize its texture. Angle: often from the side or 3/4 back.
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The sun's not-always-cooperative Reflector and Diffuser.
Dark clothes tend to slim the body while white or brighter clothing tends to enlarge things. Also, have the family members consider their necklines.
The focusing hood assembly is hinged and can be flipped out of the way or easily removed if you want to use a regular dark cloth for focusing. When closed, the focusing hood assembly protects the ground glass.
If you wear dark clothing and point the flash away from you you shouldn't even appear in the photo. You can't rely on your camera's light meter to help you meter the scene, so this sort of thing is largely a trial and error process.
The photographer can then use this projected image to frame the scene and focus it, sometimes with the aid of magnifiers. A dark cloth placed over the back of the camera, under which the photographer ducks, ...
is fairly specialized and should generally be used only when the light falling on your subject is vastly different from its surroundings. Examples might include a spotlit performer on stage in a darkened auditorium or a skier wearing dark clothing ...
 See also: Photograph, Camera, Ground, Light, Subject
  
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