Jason Lang
New member
I am shooting a project next weekend and had a question about bounce light vs diffused.
The scene takes place in a New York loft so the beauty is the location has these huge bank of windows providing natural light. The actor will be sitting on a couch in front of a window and I want to wrap the light around a bit.
Usually I have only worked with kinos and it can be a pain since there falloff is so bad. Now this shoot has a little better lighting package and I will have a 1.2k HMI fresnal.
What I was thinking of doing is shooting the HMI through a 4x4 silk, creating a nice source of soft light. My concern is will my shadow still be rather hard even going through a silk? I'd like the light to spread out and fill the room a bit but also keep the shadow soft. Would it be better to bounce? My concern with the bounce is I have to find a bigger whitecard/bboard and if i need to control it a little it will be a pain.
Through the 4x4 silk I hope to get a soft enough source that give me a nice spread. But I could always clip some 250 on the brand oors to diffuse it even more if I find its too hard.
Thanks
The scene takes place in a New York loft so the beauty is the location has these huge bank of windows providing natural light. The actor will be sitting on a couch in front of a window and I want to wrap the light around a bit.
Usually I have only worked with kinos and it can be a pain since there falloff is so bad. Now this shoot has a little better lighting package and I will have a 1.2k HMI fresnal.
What I was thinking of doing is shooting the HMI through a 4x4 silk, creating a nice source of soft light. My concern is will my shadow still be rather hard even going through a silk? I'd like the light to spread out and fill the room a bit but also keep the shadow soft. Would it be better to bounce? My concern with the bounce is I have to find a bigger whitecard/bboard and if i need to control it a little it will be a pain.
Through the 4x4 silk I hope to get a soft enough source that give me a nice spread. But I could always clip some 250 on the brand oors to diffuse it even more if I find its too hard.
Thanks