[Leica] Ok - How do I fake Northern light window box?

[durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)]

Try building a really big frame, like the size of a window, and cover it 
with diffusion material.  Punch some light through it.  This makes for a 
really big soft box.  You can also try bouncing off of something like a 
4x8' piece of foamcore.  The idea is that you want to make a BIG light 
source.

Mike D

Eric Korenman wrote:
> I was on indoor shoot today with some super kids but really bad light.
> Broke out the quantum flash and shoot through umbrella - something just
> wasn't right and I hated the light I was creating.
> We wandered around the house until I found it - the bay window facing 
> north,
> looking out over a snow covered field.
> The light it produced was glorious. Shoot saved!
> 
> So - it got me to thinking again.
> I have tried again and again to 'fake' that kind of be-yoo-tiful soft 
> light,
> but I never get it right.
> I've tried shoot thru / shoot into umbrellas, shoot against white walls,
> scrims, soft boxes (closest look yet)
> but nothing is 'right'.
> 
> How do you fake it?
> That is - soft north window light?
> 
> Eric
> 
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