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How to use umbrellas
Everyone has there own methods and preferences on how to work with light modifiers. Here is an article I ran across on how to use umbrellas that has a slightly different technique from what I was taught. http://forum.montezucker.com/index.php? … ons&t=7815 It is one of the more detailed articules on difference between how the old masters used to work with hard light and how umbrella became the new vogue tool. If you have different way of working with umbrellas post you methods here. Oct 08 08 04:55 am Link Interesting article,I am going to give it a try next time I shoot inside.thanks for info Oct 08 08 07:24 am Link Nice read, definitely going to give it a try. Oct 08 08 07:35 am Link Thankyou for posting this. I'll try today and post some results. Oct 08 08 07:36 am Link Some good info in that article. I shoot with umbrella's all the time, mainly because they're cheap and I'm on hard on equipment. But I like them. Harry, do you mind if I posted a recent photo,here in your thread, using one the feathering techniques discussed in that article? Oct 08 08 08:53 am Link Dean Johnson Photo wrote: Please do post examples. I am interesting in seeing what everyone gets. I won't get a chance to try it myself with a model till later this month. Oct 08 08 10:12 am Link Dean Johnson Photo wrote: Oops, I just posted from my other profile. Oct 08 08 10:13 am Link that's way too much to read for my attention span, can someone please give me the highlights of that long article? Oct 08 08 11:23 am Link I use umbrellas. Oct 08 08 11:24 am Link Andrew Thomas Designs wrote: Dont put your umbrellas way up and aim down on your subjects, keep them straight on a plane with the walls. Oct 08 08 12:42 pm Link I thought this was interesting When umbrellas became very popular in portrait work â they, at times and not surprisingly, became the center of some controversy among traditional portrait photographers. The old timers clung to their parabolic lights, spots and related paraphernalia and good old wraparound lighting. They claimed there was no real art in using a giant umbrella to flood the entire subject with light with out the precise control needed with the smaller parabolics and spots. âIt's all in the careful featheringâ, they would insist â âumbrellas have no control â those umbrella guys are wimpsâ â sound familiar? Oct 08 08 12:42 pm Link biwa wrote: I knew that already, or at least learned it though trial and error. Oct 08 08 01:08 pm Link Andrew Thomas Designs wrote: Cept at reading Oct 08 08 01:12 pm Link Oct 08 08 01:12 pm Link ward wrote: Do you prefer shoot thru or the reflective setup? Oct 08 08 03:19 pm Link I don't shoot in the rain. Oct 08 08 03:21 pm Link All of my images but a select few are shot with umbrellas. I like the versatility of them. But due to older equipment, that's why i only use umbrellas. Oct 08 08 03:29 pm Link I've used them for quite a while and feel they're the most over-looked tool in the shed. You can do amazing things with a single light and an umbrella. Most importantly, just forget trying to point it directly at the subject. Play around, just use the edge or bring it in front so nothing but falloff hits the subject. A little fill with a card or flex-fill and you can do anything. Oct 08 08 03:30 pm Link |
