critter Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Has anyone ever come up with a scheme using hotlights to emulate the ringlight flash look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yance_marti Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 You could conceivably place an angled mirror with a lens hole in front of the lens and bounce a light off that for the same effect. Preferably you would want to use a focused spot and flag everything to keep extraneous light from hitting the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter Posted July 1, 2003 Author Share Posted July 1, 2003 How would you avoid lens flare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yance_marti Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Typically you would use a modified lens hood and have the mirror far enough away to avoid it altogether. For most portraiture of that type you will get better pics with a longer lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_menegatos Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 You can try setting up a diffusion panel with a hole for the lens and put a couple of lights behind it on either side of the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 sounds like a setup for a nude photographer, or you'll need to crank up the ac... t <p>Hey, maybe florescents? not very bright, but they won't raise a blister if you bump them. Those florescent "stick" lights are pretty cheep, maybe bolt a bunch to a sheet of plywood painted white clamped to a couple of beefy stands? You'd be fairly immobile... And you could cover them with gels since their cool to the touch and get whatever color light you need. Do a web search for Kino Flos or check out Lowel's website (I don't have the address, sorry) I know they have a huge selection of florescent lighting ... t<p> I'll bet you could get four of those 4 lamp fixtures (48" or 36" bulbs} used somewhere like at a retail fixtures store or new at Home Depot and figure something out. That's my best bet. GE makes a lamp called the Chroma 50 that's pretty close to 5500 K... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_menegatos Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Speaking of lourescents. Remember those ring type flourescent blulbs? One of those in a modified housing with a diffuser to even things out and bring the light closer to the lens might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliot_n Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Yes, I've seen it done with those circular fluorescent tubes (mounted on a plywood disc, with a hole in the middle for the lens - the whole rig is supported by a tripod). The simplest way to emulate ringflash a (in a portrait/fashion context) is to use a small shoot-through brolly pressed up against the back of the camera. Of course this makes is awkward to frame, focus etc... A waistlevel viewfinder helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_________1 Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Four Chimera striplights meant for hotlights (Video, Quartz or Daylight) arranged in a quadrangle. You shoot through the middle, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 <i>"hotlights arranged in a quadrangle. You shoot through the middle, of course"</i>... which sounds <i>really</i> uncomfortable to me, especially in a black vinyl bustier. Oh wait, that's the model... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_________1 Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 No, tom, that model in the bustier is you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 and I thought I turned off that web cam...t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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