Response to Ever a time when two lights won't cause two shadows on a model/subject?

Sean's questions are always so much fun :)!

Ok robert gave you one great way of doing it here's another 2, it assumes a couple things:

Assumptions: You have a window You have a bed YOu can find, steal, or borrow a nice CLEAN white translucent fabric

Now take the fabric drape it over the window in some fashion and bam you have a great full flowing soft light which is damn hard to match with studio lighting. This takes care of #1 and #2

Now for the rest #3 is a pain because you don't say what kinda spot you want, do you want her to look flashed? Do you just want the focus of strong light on her face? Lets assume you just want her face to be bright and well lit without a stage light type flash on her face. Now you can do this pretty easily with a bright silver reflector on her face. Now you can buy a nice fold up type reflector or just setup a cardboard with aluminum foil stapled to it, either works.

#4 is easier because a shadow will be natural from her body away from the light source (a duh statement but it's reality) Now if you want another shadow you can achieve it by placing the flash opposite to where you want the shadow to run to. The size and shape of the shadow depends on the type of light, type of subject, and position of the light.

#5 You can do this with just about any type of lighting if you plan the shoot for the right time of day (something that is left out of a lot of photoshoot plans)

#6 If you want soft light make sure you slam the light off a surface direct flash without a good LARGE diffuser is going to be harder than it needs to be.

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Method 2

Get a large box Octa (the big octa is about 74 inches wide) or Giant Chimera suspend it off a boom over her and the bed, the closer to her the better for a softer light.

Now take a gridded spot and focus on her face

YOu can measure the ratio with a flashmeter or use a polaroid (GET ONE NOW)

_________________________________________ Not for Tomorrow: Now after you mess with all this get a 85 or a Half 85 set of gels and play with that. If you don't know what an 85 does, get a book on filters this ones a gem.

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