On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:59:18 -0700, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It will likely help some. If you are looking for the lovely soft light of
pro portraits, you are fighting simple geometry. A small light source
will create shadows that a large source will not. Diffused or not, a T32
is a 1x2.5 in. source. Point it straight up and bounce it off a 45 deg.
reflector and you get a larger source, how large depends on size and
distance of the reflector. Point it back into a reflective umbrella and
the source becomes very large., but not very bright. There have been lots
of posts about soft boxes, foam core or similar materials cut to fit on a
T32, etc. You might also check the web, including John Lind's site. There
is a lot of info out there on the subject. It's all well known and proved
techniques.
Nah, i'm not after the pro look, just something a cut above the "p/s shot
by some relative done on high contrast consumer film and 1hr[*] print jobby
down the road" look. so NPH and some softening of light, no matter how
little, and right now, I'm leaning more towards getting a Lumiquest Pocket
Bouncer
http://www.lumiquest.com/lq871.htm
than my own plastic made thing, mainly so I don't have to worry about
putting something together. I have done it in the past, but always had me
double checking to make sure is stayed on, or didn't slip down, or
whatever. with the PB, things should be easier.
There's gonna be LOTS of family gathered in the house, and i might try turn
the formal living room into a quasi studio, the ceiling is low enough for
bounce and there is enough lighting in there to give me some control over
shadows. however, the hall where the actual engagement takes place I have
no idea. the ceiling might be low enough to bounce, but i can't bet on it.
and candids can't be bounced either due to quickly changing times/places.
so anything that will reduce the harsh flash "deer in headlamp" look is
good.
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/S
[*] ironically, some of the BEST prints i've gotten are from the local
walmart, which got the newest fuji frontier 390 machine. they'll do the
whole deal in 1hr, including 2megapixel scans onto a CD. I've tried fuji
pro processing done on conventional machines, and frontier beats it out
easy. oddly, NONE of the local pro stores could tell me if anyone in the
area had frontier; i was surprised to see it in walmart of all places (they
got it to 1hr APS i think). so for about 8$/36exp plus 4$ for CD, it can't
be beat in quality or price.
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