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Eyes reflection? Those are CATCHLIGHTS: the Renaissance portrait painters called them "the spark of life" and

would have painted them in or accented them.

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Or look at the photos of Karsh, Scavullo, or any good portrait or any glamor magazine; often, the bigger the

catchlights, the better.

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Softbox makers sell masks so the catchlights can be made round or square.

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I often shoot thru a translucent white umbrella close in so I can maximize the same catchlight that creates a

beautiful baselight for the face. (See <A

href="http://www.photo.net/photos/bobrowen">http://www.photo.net/photos/bobrowen</A>)

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Of course you can control them with Photoshop, but I sometimes make them a little stronger and even slightly

bring up the reflection of a fill reflector which sometimes gives the subject a misty feel; not <b>too</b> much

tho or the subject starts to take on a zombie look.

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But generally, hurray for catchlights!

I have a small studio setup with sync cord running from camera to one strobe and

the rest set off by optical slaves - works great.

But I now need to set it up so that two photographers / cameras can shoot

together - together we don't shoot so fast recycling strobes will be a problem.

I purchased the Hama 3-way Flash Connector for about $15 at B&H; the little

junction box has one male and 3 female inputs. It seems to be the OPPOSITE of

what I need: 2 (or 3) male inputs and one female. (sorry to get so sexual)

Does anyone know of such an item or another solution to two photographers and

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For reference: even better, faster and cheaper:

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Just google "product shots" & "product photography"

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There's tons of stuff.

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One good example:

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A Tabletop Lighting System Sampler: The Lowel Ego, Interfit Pop-Up Light Tent, Sharpics D-Flector, Samigon Internet Photo Studio Pro, And Sunpak eBox

<p><font size="3">While I generally do portraits or headshots, I

occasionally want to add a fashion touch like blowing hair.<br>

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When I looked for fans or wind machines I found <br>

the Varibeam ReFan II Turbo Wind Machine $695<br>

or<br>

the Jet Stream Wind Machine $787<br>

<b>Yikes!</b><br>

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On the other hand, when I checked fans at a local appliance store,

they seems either too big or not windy enough for some real hair-in-

the-wind effect.<br>

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Anyone come across an inexpensive, small fan strong enough to do the

job?</font><br>

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<font face="Arial" size="2">Bob Rowen<br>

Websites, Portraits and Studio Photography<br>

101 Clark Street, 27C<br>

Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201<br>

(718) 834-1414<br>

Our Web Site is: <a

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tion.com/websitesbyrr</a><br>

Interesting People Gallery at Photo.net at <a

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folder_id=188830">http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?

folder_id=188830</a><br>

Our E-Mail Address is <a

href="mailto:mail@bobrowen.com">mail@bobrowen.com</a></font><br>

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