Bob Walkden wrote:
Hi Bob ...
>
> Michael Freeman in "Light" 1990, Collins, goes into considerable
> detail about the lighting setup for a small jade statue, about 6" long
> and 3" high. He needed to put a catchlight in the eyes of the statuette
> and to achieve this with a very small light he used a fibre-optic bundle
> attached to an ordinary flash head. The fibre-optics channel the light
> from the flash, and he describes it as 'the normal way to do this'.
OK, I'll look into fibre optics. If it's not too expensive
perhaps something like that can find its way into my "kit".
> It has a jack on one end which fits into the socket
> on the flash head. You can hold the other end in position with an
> ordinary clamp.
I've never worked with a flash, nor do I have one. Another
thing to learn <g>.
> Another possibility is to try small reflectors, such as dental
> mirrors, to reduce the scale of the lights.
How do dental mirrors reduce the scale of the light?
> Hope that helps,
It darn well might.
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Shel Belinkoff
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