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07/14/2009 05:18:37 AM · #1 |
Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Betweenâ€Â¦Part 7
In Part 6
I stated that I would discuss a more complex set up of the same setting. When using your standard flash head, i.e. (those that usually are fixed to the hot shoe), they never come with a pilot or modeling light. What I suggest you consider here is placing a 60-100 watt light bulb directly above or below your flash unit to mirror the direction of the flash you will be using. What I also suggest is that you frame that pilot light in the same manner as you did with your flash. For example if you built a "Snoot" for your flash our of an elongated tin can you could mirror that on on your pilot light. The ideal situation would be to place your flash slightly behind the pilot light bulb and share the same snoot. This would then cast only one shadow. However, as the light bulb can be very hot, this must cause damage to the flash unit. You might consider using cold lamps that generate very little heat by comparison, thus allowing you to apply this configuration.
I would like to introduce another element that can be used quite creatively and that is what is called "Barn Doors". "Barn Doors" look just like what you might think and that is two small perhaps black cardboard or metal rectangular shaped modifiers around 6-9 inches wide by 8-12 inches long that frame the flash or tungsten light unit allowing you to frame the light coming of of your lighting source. The more you close these barn doors the tighter the light becomes on the subject you are lighting. It is ideal that you find a way to pivot these panels. This will make it a lot easier to manipulate. You can add two more barn doors horizontally, allowing you to create a horizontal and vertical window of light. You may wish to use several of these units to create some very interesting lighting landscape in your composition. If the light is too harsh, you may also add a diffuser to soften the light coming from your source.
I hope you have found this mini series helpful and hope it gave you the inspiration to experiment and to break with convention. When it comes to lighting, the sky is the limit.
In Part 8, I will discuss a totally new lighting set up.
//www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/?p=652
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07/14/2009 07:03:52 AM · #2 |
| Your blogs hve a lot of genuine worth and excellent information for the DPC audience; that much, I am in total agreement with. However, it seems as though you are simply utilizing DPC as a blog pimping service for photographers. Just a general observation... |
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07/14/2009 12:22:12 PM · #3 |
Yeah, I agree.... Not just DPC though... I trip over these on forums everywhere (Hit google if you want to see how far the spam/promotion/whatever is).
to the op - I have you on my RSS reader and the info is interesting enough to spend some time reading but the spam across the world is too too much :-/ Edit: If your really trying to be helpful, how about doing some DPC learning stuff....
Message edited by author 2009-07-14 12:23:33. |
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07/15/2009 05:53:10 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by robs:
Yeah, I agree.... Not just DPC though... I trip over these on forums everywhere (Hit google if you want to see how far the spam/promotion/whatever is).
to the op - I have you on my RSS reader and the info is interesting enough to spend some time reading but the spam across the world is too too much :-/ Edit: If your really trying to be helpful, how about doing some DPC learning stuff.... |
I suggest you roam around DPC. I have responded to several queries.
Thanks
Ben :-)
Message edited by author 2009-07-15 17:53:56.
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