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Originally Posted by BlueMoon Matt
I'm a huge fan of the octagon softboxes. We still use umbrellas but only about as often as we bounce them as well. It depends on the location but 75% of the time we've got at least 2 softboxes going.
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Is there one brand better than the other for the octagons, or is it just one company that makes them?
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Originally Posted by bm bradley
I don't always want light to contaminate the room, so I tend to use umbrellas with black on the outside. I prefer photographic white (or what ever they call it) I like a bit more snap, even the silver are nice to use, if the model has nice skin. the 'white' umbrellas are gonna give out light that's not at 56K, more like 44-48K so the light will be a bit 'yellow'. if you use those just use a custom WB
I prefer smaller umbrellas but then again I usually shoot close to ambient, while you said you shoot at night? you'll wanna pull through as much light as possible around to kill the deep black shadows. I would also recommend shooting at 160th at 400-500 asa/iso @ F5.6-F8. if you want mega snap shoot at F16-F22.
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Great info! Yes, I shoot mostly at night in usually smaller rooms. Given the geographical locations of where I shoot I'm really limited to the amount of gear I can move in and out of places and have it stripped down to 3 strobes. A main, a fill and if I have the room I will use a back light, though many times I can only use 2 lights based on the room size. True guerrilla shooting. lol
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Originally Posted by JP-pornshooter
sometimes try to shoot using only the reflector and you will see some great skin highlights but you will need other strobes to light the set.
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I'll play around with that, thanks!.
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Originally Posted by JustDaveXxx
Or i will just use 6 kinos and 2 Nikon speed lights with a turbo pack. It comes down to what im feeling that day either way my work turns out really good. Its all about painting with light, and figuring out what brush im gonna use today.
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My god, I would love to have the luxury of being able to work with such a kit. Though of you who shoot in studios truly have it made. Just out of curiosity, what size a room would you work in to use 6 Kinoflows (I assume they are the large ones and not Divas) and your speed lights?