Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] Ok - How do I fake Northern light window box?
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Tue Dec 18 09:05:23 2007
References: <82c9dd70712161343p126ec3f4t1553ac8cc7a185e3@mail.gmail.com> <3e7573d40712180531n57dae0c2h91a2885d203e214a@mail.gmail.com>

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
> >
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In reply to: Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] Ok - How do I fake Northern light window box?)
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