Pharaoh Studios wrote:
I use a 60' shoot throw when i want to shoot out door in the sun great defuser

60'?!? Holy.

BlindMike wrote:

60'?!? Holy.

That's what I was thinking..... 20 yards is friggin' huge!

Brandon Ching wrote:

That's what I was thinking..... 20 yards is friggin' huge!

dayummmm, some kids get ALL the toys....

bevels wrote:
Hey.. Was wondering if anyone is using really big umbrellas and what they thought of them? Ideally if you've got some sample images you could post up that would be great.

Specifically, the lastolite 6' 6" or an equivalent in the 5 to 8 foot range.

Thanks

They'd be a bear to use outdoors.

Someone sneezing in the next county would blow them over!

While not quite jumbo, my current indoor light setup is a silver 60" umbrella with two Sunpak 383's as main and a silver 45" with one 383 as fill.

bevels wrote:
Hey.. Was wondering if anyone is using really big umbrellas and what they thought of them? Ideally if you've got some sample images you could post up that would be great.

Specifically, the lastolite 6' 6" or an equivalent in the 5 to 8 foot range.

Thanks

Mostly for indoor studio I use 10' Jumbrella bounce to another white umbrella to create the beauty dish look and Sunny outdoor I use Sunbuster 84" umbrella.

By adding silver lining underneath the white lining give more contrast to the picture but still soft. Most of my pictures are made with jumbo umbrella.

rudy k wrote:
I use 10' Jumbrella

How is that thing?  Could you give me a mini review?

bevels wrote:
Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm a huge fan of the beauty dish in the studio or in small spaces but I need a much larger key light for a couple of upcoming location sessions, I considered a 7' octabox but I think the light quality of a large umbrella is more what I'm after.

Sean were the images you made of the model on the beach using the Elinchrom Octa? Also how much power are you pumping into that thing? taking into consideration whether you're using your strobe at full power?

Lightlab are you happy with the size of the 5'? in hindsight would you prefer an extra foot or two or is the 5' about the limit of what you'd like to lug around for location work?

Thanks for the tip Pharaoh, I planned on getting a couple of 50's or 60's for just that.

Blindmike how do you find the softliter vs an umbrella vs a softbox of the same size?

Ha! 60' is pretty damn big alright... If it were made by Bron it'd probably cost more than one of Richard Bransons Islands! Not to mention it'd probably do a pretty fine job of lighting it up as well!!!

The 7' Octadome without the inner diffuser is really nice. The hard center with falloff towards the edges gives a very nice quality of light.

bevels wrote:
Lightlab are you happy with the size of the 5'? in hindsight would you prefer an extra foot or two or is the 5' about the limit of what you'd like to lug around for location work?

Yes, I'm quite happy with the 5' and would not want anything bigger on location. It's fairly compact when packed and not too heavy, but can be a bit of windsail and top heavy when set up so it often needs an assistant to keep an eye on it when I'm shooting outside. I also have a 4' and 40" umbrellas as additional options, but the 5' fills a very big scene nicely.

bevels wrote:
Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm a huge fan of the beauty dish in the studio or in small spaces but I need a much larger key light for a couple of upcoming location sessions, I considered a 7' octabox but I think the light quality of a large umbrella is more what I'm after.

Sean were the images you made of the model on the beach using the Elinchrom Octa? Also how much power are you pumping into that thing? taking into consideration whether you're using your strobe at full power?

i did use an elinchrom for that particular shoot, though not on the shots in my MM port.

i'll have to dig one up and post it here...

the ones in my port were shot with a beauty dish.  and yes, pumping out full power to get me to 16 - 22

Lee K wrote:

How is that thing?  Could you give me a mini review?

YOu can read the review here
http://www.klyment.com/serendipity/cate … 4-Lighting