Yeah, it\'s the exact same feathering concept...but I think it\'s more-intuitive with sources like softboxes and beauty dishes but something we don\'t think about as much with hard sources. Admittedly Profoto\'s reflectors are really designed for this, since you can zoom them in to maximize the indirect surface and minimize the direct light. And when you\'re using the indirect light you can bring that source really close, the same way you would with a softbox or beauty dish, and use it as a relatively-larger one.
This is something that Jerry Avenaim\'s talked about with the Magnum reflector as well, treating it like one would use the edges of a big fresnel\'s light.
I\'m still playing with it and trying to find the right way to integrate it into how I work - it\'s definitely a more-finessed approach that\'s probably best for stuff like beauty work or carefully-composed portraits, but I really think there\'s something there.
It\'s not the best example, but I tossed this setup into a recent agency test shoot just to see what it would look like. This was a pair of Profoto Acute2 heads facing each other from about 3-4\' apart with just the zoom reflectors on them...I had the model step back until he was just on the edge of the indirect light coming off the reflectors. He was probably less than 2\' from each head. This was exposed by just the modeling lights, no strobes fired.
Oct 01, 2009 at 11:05 PM
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