John
Thanks for the advice. I have been asked by a couple who are trying to start a
ceramics business to photgraph their collection so far. I was going to use
available light by a window with a reflector, but I might try my T32 (on camera
with OmniFen diffuser) and my Vivitar 5500FD (off camera with TTL lead) as
well.
Any other advice from anyone on backgrounds or lighting - I'm going to get paid
for this if I do a reasonable job!
Chris
John Petrush wrote:
> I have not had the twin T-28 very long. My spouse asked me to shoot her
> Wade figurine collection. I used the Twin T-28, one lamp left alone and the
> other with the wide angle diffuser from the T-32 filter kit fastened to it.
> The filter served two purposes 1. it softened the flash from that lamp
> head and 2. it gave me a more modeled appearance because that head was
> effectively a lower output now. With the figurines, the contours looked
> better without any harsh shadows. My next attempt will be diffuser on the
> key light and an ND filter on the fill side. There were still some unwanted
> highlight reflections on some of the glossier pieces; I'm still working on
> that part......
>
> I use both the model lights and flash in this setup. The modeling lamps
> give a fair, but not 100% accurate preview of the final result. But, it
> sure beats 100 0uesswork!
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