Sean, since your subject was backlit, would you have gotten a similar light on her if you just used a large silver reflector, rather than an umbrella/flash?
Sean, since your subject was backlit, would you have gotten a similar light on her if you just used a large silver reflector, rather than an umbrella/flash?
To Alan-
Technically, yes, I could have gotten similar results using a reflector. However, using a reflector brings on a couple of problems. First, how to position the reflector to provide light that points downward (a natural looking light) means I need not only a stand but a boom arm and clamps to hold everything in place. Of course, that's not all that hard. But second, the light from a reflector tends to blind the subject. Of course, with this pose that wouldn't be much of an issue. But we did many poses in the series, some where she was looking at or near the light source. The thing I like about using strobes is that they only light up for a split second, not long enough to cause the squinting that you sometimes get with reflectors. In my personal experience, reflectors are best used with strobes to provide fill--not used as a primary light by themselves.
As far as 300 goes...I don't know. It does remind me of a scene in Gladiator where the main character walks through a wheat field with while grazing the top of the wheat with his hands. She's a little easier on the eyes than he was, though... :-)
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