----- Original Message ----- From: "Derby Chang" Subject: PESO: Easter Lily again
> > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_03/08_03_easterlily/01.htm > > Lights are easy to use, but, is it just me, or are softboxes a royal > pain to wrestle together? Got there in the end, but I think I'll have to > practice more to avoid looking daggy in front of the models. > Soft boxes are a pain on several levels. They can be hard to assemble (the umbrella styles ones are easy enough, Moonlights are just about the most difficult). They can also be just about the most difficult things to get nice light out of as well. I find that with the flat front surface the light is remarkably hard, with no wrap or modeling. I prefer umbrellas to soft boxes, they don't put out especially nice light either, but a moron can set them up and get acceptable light. Pans and dish reflectors are the hardest to control, but the results are head and shoulders above anything else I've seen. Like most things, the effort you put into the learning process pays dividends with the results. Most pros use soft boxes and umbrellas these days because they just don't know any better. Umbrellas hit the market in the late 60s/early 70s and steel pans just stopped being used. Very few people even know what they are anymore. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
