Daniel, apart from Lovegrove, I think your videos are the best on YT on the subject of lightning. Really great. I would like to thank you very much for the content. It has helped me a lot. Thank you, sir!
Silks are also great to use in front of an umbrella and softbox equipped lights, as well as bare ones. Another aspect of using silks with bare lights is that you can move the lights position relative to silk. Moving it closer to the silk makes for a smaller diffused area and moving it the light further back makes the diffused source larger. You can also put the light closer to one edge for a graduated fall off, and if you put the both close to the silk and near an edge , try tilting the light so it takes across the silk. Another you can do with silks if you have softbox on the light is set the two at an angle to each other to create a really smooth graduated fall off. This is really useful in still life photography. One more thing to try is placing gobo or a flag between a bare light and the silk to tame a glaring highlight n a highly reflective object without casting an obvious shadow on the subject. One final thing to do, either with a bare or softbox diffused light, is to tape color gels across part of the silk so you get a subtle ramp of color on the subject area.
Thanks for the vid. I've been following you for a while now and its been very beneficial. One question: how does a big softbox/umbrella with diffuser differ in light quality?
Super nice. Last summer I improvised a very similar setup to that last shot with the sun as the light source and a sheet of white packing foam playing the same role as the silk here.
Daniel, apart from Lovegrove, I think your videos are the best on YT on the subject of lightning. Really great. I would like to thank you very much for the content. It has helped me a lot. Thank you, sir!
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Silks are also great to use in front of an umbrella and softbox equipped lights, as well as bare ones.
Another aspect of using silks with bare lights is that you can move the lights position relative to silk. Moving it closer to the silk makes for a smaller diffused area and moving it the light further back makes the diffused source larger. You can also put the light closer to one edge for a graduated fall off, and if you put the both close to the silk and near an edge , try tilting the light so it takes across the silk.
Another you can do with silks if you have softbox on the light is set the two at an angle to each other to create a really smooth graduated fall off. This is really useful in still life photography.
One more thing to try is placing gobo or a flag between a bare light and the silk to tame a glaring highlight n a highly reflective object without casting an obvious shadow on the subject.
One final thing to do, either with a bare or softbox diffused light, is to tape color gels across part of the silk so you get a subtle ramp of color on the subject area.
Fantastic outfit the wore for this! Excellent!
Thank you both! I didn't know you had your own channel. Now subbed!
Thanks for the vid. I've been following you for a while now and its been very beneficial. One question: how does a big softbox/umbrella with diffuser differ in light quality?
Super nice. Last summer I improvised a very similar setup to that last shot with the sun as the light source and a sheet of white packing foam playing the same role as the silk here.
Thank You, Excellent training Video. I have learned a lot from your Video's
Great video!
Thank you for the video. What size is that mount (Scrim?) for the Silk?
Have you used the diffusion fabric outside to diffuse the sun? If so, would you recommend the half or full diffusion fabric?