http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2436353&size=lg
Yes, big softboxes make it easier, but correct with correct placement of the umbrellas and a tiny bit of photoshop retouching make it quite possible to do without the big boxes.
Paul
On Jan 11, 2005, at 11:12 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
This shot could NOT have been made with brollies:
http://www.amonline.net.au/thylacine/09.htm
(scroll halfway down and forgive the overcompression, it's not my site).
I used 2 BIG softboxes, a 6,000WS, 200cm x 120cm "fishfryer" and a 3,200WS,
100cm x 100cm softbox. Probably also an 800WS spot pointed somewhere at the
background for a bit of rimlight. When you're photographing something round
AND reflective the lightsources need to be BIG!!!!
But the biggest argument FOR umbrellas is portability. 3 or 4 brollies make
next to no difference to the weight and bulk of a travelling light kit.
regards, Anthony Farr
