hilite and arias

Started playing around with my 6×7 Hilite from Lastolite. I have to say that in my very small studio it’s shaping up to be an absolute godsend. Especially for the seamless-white-background-high-key-look I’ve been using for portraits. Given the dimensions – we’re talking around 8 x 9 here – I had a hell of a time [...]
Softlighter

I was in Boston for the Easter weekend and picked up the Photek 46′ Softlighter II. It’s an umbrella that doubles as a softbox. I had to hack together a Manfrotto clamp, light stand and flash bracket to get my SB-900 to line-up with the unit correctly (when mounting the flash on the bracket it [...]


