On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:14 PM, David Parsons wrote: > Wouldn't it be tons easier to simply use an umbrella? Yes. An umbrella would work just fine. I've also used two umbrellas and monolights for stage pics.. Still relatively simple and better yet. But Boris needs something extremely simple and inconspicuous for this children's show. A diffuser will suffice. Or, if he gets his K-5, he can probably handle it with available light. Paul > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I hate those shadows. Shooting in an auditorium or gymnasium, with >> high ceilings and nothing useful to bounce against, these are always a >> pain to work with. I've not found that the on-flash diffusers help >> very much, even the LumiQuest big-bounce. Oh, they do help some, but >> they're just not really big enough to spread the light out relative to >> the subject. >> >> My solution is a bit of business to manage, really should have an >> assistant. I bought a 6x4 foot piece of semi-translucent white plastic >> sheet at a local plastics supply shop and rigged a simple frame for it >> using a boom, a lightstand and a couple sand bags ... liberally >> treated with gaffers tape. I set it up over my position and pump the >> flash up into it, aimed at the subject from as close a distance as I >> can manage to get them all in the frame. If it's not enough light, I >> put a couple more lights on stands pointed into it. (manual flash >> techniques at that point...) With a couple of pops to get the exposure >> right and a small flash pointed directly to get some sparkle, it helps >> kill the black outlines. >> >> It works well for group shots in those locations. >> >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> The holidays are coming near and I'm having a couple of gigs at >>> Galia's class. One involved shooting the general rehearsal of the >>> little musical they've been making. Given the fact that the hall was >>> empty I could shoot as I pleased. So I also shot a number of shots >>> from the distance. >>> >>> My flash is Metz 40 MZ-2 which is a good flash. In particular it >>> auto-zooms as per the actual focal length taking into account the crop >>> factor of the camera. However, the ceiling of the hall wasn't the >>> ideal surface for bouncing and the distance (10m and upwards) was too >>> much to play the bounce game. So I ended up with many properly exposed >>> shots but with this ugly shadow behind everyone and everything. >>> >>> Is there a way to at least make these shadows less prominent during >>> the shoot? I reckon the likes of diffuser are necessary but I'd rather >>> ask someone who has direct experience with this, as I am total klutz >>> to all things flash. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> Boris >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > David Parsons Photography > http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com > > Aloha Photographer Photoblog > http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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