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Hi all
Was invited in on a shoot the other day in dublin and the set-up involved a regular two front and two back with hair and a additional snoot.The thing that puzlzed me was that the photographer had two large grey panels just in front of where he was shooting and looked for all the world like large barn doors. At a guess i would think that these are used to stop broad light from bouncing off the lens? :? Or is there another reason..anyone seen this before?
As i was only a guest i didnt get a chance to quiz the guy.
Ben 8)Were they made of a kinda…polystyrene (sp?) material?
One side grey, the other black?
If so, they’re big ass reflectors.
Hey,
Made of what looked like cardboard! They were using a two light fit upfront but i have seen those type of relectors being used to either bounce or deaden the flash.
Ben 8)Probably subtractors rather than reflectors – adding shadow down the edges of the face of the subject. It adds shape and contour to faces. Or possibly a flag to keep light out of the lens esp if light was directed back toward the lens from behind – this is less likely though as the lens hood is the best thing for this job…
Mgtas above, or could be just “eye” reflectors, to lift the eye reflections a bit.
Si
thx for that guys and gals..the photographer was using a hasleblad h2d (still watering at the mouth from looking at it) but he was using what looked like the 120mm lens with petal hood so sounds like those panels are used to define shadows. :o
Very interesting because he changed lighting mid way to an overhead scrim with one light source and a smaller flash unit on the floor angled up towards the model(As Simon mentioned this may be to bring more light into the eyes). I seen this before used and championed by the great Dean Collins which really gave some stunning results.
Thanks again for all the comments.
Ben 8)
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