I probably wouldn't use an umbrella, but if I did, I'd use shoot-through rather than bounce (personal preference mostly). It'll make the light bigger, but also eat a stop or two of your light. Depending on how high that mezzanine is, the light won't be any softer due to the distance.
A fresnel is going to focus the light rather than disperse it. It'd end up being like a Better Beamer. If you want to spread out the light, a large sheet hung up in front of the light will create a much larger light source than an umbrella and a much softer light. It's hard to tell from your pictures, but if the ceiling is white, you could try bouncing off the ceiling for very soft, even light, with one light in the mezzanine for key, and maybe a flash on camera for a little bit of fill. With two lights, you could easily have them pointing toward the opposite side of the floor against each other. That way, the lights will make key/fill based on where they are on the floor, and you can keep them the same power. The pictures in your link look pretty good to me, you seem to have a pretty good handle so far. > I could either use the two strobes without diffusers (the new one is in > theory 3 times the power of the old one, so they'd work as key and fill), run > them through umbrellas, or reflecting off umbrellas, or possibly try some > sort of fresnel lens (like the ones you put in the back of RVs) to spread out > the beam. > > I'm wondering if anybody has any ideas, suggestions or warnings. > > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
