Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ah - the beauty dish. Always tempted but never bought one. I have SO many 'light modifiers'. Recently been using a chimera small lantern diffuser. Very nice light too. Eruc On 12/18/07, leo wesson <leowesson@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eric, > > Without a doubt, the most beautiful light I have found for portraits from > a > studio flash comes from this profoto dish. > > http://www.adorama.com/PP505507.html > > Leo > > > > On Dec 16, 2007 3:43 PM, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >