In small rooms with relatively neutral colored walls/ceilings, I've
had pretty good luck just bouncing the light from the flash. Of
course I custom WB whenever I can so that addresses color cast issues.
I also have a Stofen and a whole collection of Lumiquest toys. Horses
for courses. And for rooms that have walls painted brick red or
orange. What's up with that lately?
FWIW/ScottGee1
On 1/26/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think the Stofen is the right solution for a house size room. I've
> tested it against two different models of Lumiquest and it's the right
> solution for that application. A simple Lumiquest (with no front
> diffuser) wins in the big room though.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> > On 1/26/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>When considering flash diffusers I think it helps to realize that there
> >>are two distinctly different scanarios for flash use and two distinctly
> >>different types of diffuser.
> >>
> >>1) You are in a relatively smallish, light colored room or at least a
> >>room with low ceilings (10 feet or less).
> >>
> >>2) You are in a large room such as a banquet hall with ceilings so high
> >>that when the photons from your feeble camera mounted flash hit them
> >>they don't bounce off but rather just fall back to the floor... assuming
> >>the ceiling isn't black in which case the photons will just stick to it.
> >
> >
> > No argument from me. I've seen some of your flash work and it's
> > great. I guess I am looking for the kind of thing that works well for
> > "people pictures" of family at holidays, etc., in a room of fairly
> > normal size, etc. Your first scenario. There are doubtless better
> > things than the Stofen on a T32, but I'm not sure what could be more
> > convenient. Most flash diffuser crud doubles the size of a flash
> > which is already double the height of the T32 and precludes shooting
> > verticals. Verticals are great with the Stofen and T32.
> >
> > I rarely shoot in a banquet hall, but I did some shooting last summer
> > at my niece's wedding and used the 85-250, believe it or not, with a
> > Vivitar 4600 just blasting away. I managed to zoom in that way from
> > across the room and the results were acceptable.
> >
> > I recall a statement John Lind made once about diffusers. The further
> > away from the subject, the more it's just like any old non-diffused
> > point light source.
> >
> > Joel W.
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