Focussing light in a studio is interesting, to see how one can manipulate the light, to give an effect to what you want . From back, front, and under lighting. I miss my Bowens Mono lite with the barn doors. However , a trip to the art shop. You can get most metals to govern your creativity. From black plastic sheets to diffusing sheets. Or the builders DIY .
Here I simply for the exercise, took a sheet of black plastic . A4. Rolled it around my flash, using off flash . This can be done wirelessly, or by darkening the room using the bulb setting and firing the flash manually, or using energy saving bulbs or even to day bright LED lighting. Leds are bright and cool.
But with out going through crazy expense. Unless you going to be doing allot of studio work. This method is simple, and costs less then £2 .
I have a Tip Im putting on U tube. How to get the flash to set the off flash without the flash on the camera filling in the light, Well it could be re directed , But then you still have stray light. The Answer came to me when I put my finger over the flash and found it still fired the external wireless flash unit. ( read your flash Guide book for settings!)
Here I simply for the exercise, took a sheet of black plastic . A4. Rolled it around my flash, using off flash . This can be done wirelessly, or by darkening the room using the bulb setting and firing the flash manually, or using energy saving bulbs or even to day bright LED lighting. Leds are bright and cool.
But with out going through crazy expense. Unless you going to be doing allot of studio work. This method is simple, and costs less then £2 .
I have a Tip Im putting on U tube. How to get the flash to set the off flash without the flash on the camera filling in the light, Well it could be re directed , But then you still have stray light. The Answer came to me when I put my finger over the flash and found it still fired the external wireless flash unit. ( read your flash Guide book for settings!)
Make a little hood from brown Parcel tape . About 4 layers will do, Just rap it round your fingers, if you wish. This brown tone still admits the wave length that sets of the other flash. Place it over the pop up flash on your camera, and off you go. Without spilling light all over your subject. Giving you full control . You may have to adjust the head angle so the computer of the flash picks up the unseen wave length.
Here are some samples with flash . A modelling light or lamp as mentioned above has more control to see the end effect.
I moved the slave flash as would with the lamp in the exercise with the angle of light !
Over head to the front
Directly over head
Side lit left
Slightly to the left over head
Overhead high above
Overhead slightly to the back
Overhead Closer to subject
These are also good subjects for my next Exercise Reflections.
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