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Lightsphere for high ceilings? Anonymous
Hey /p/, all I got is a Lightsphere, will it actually help any for high ceilings?

The logic I'm thinking is the light bounces in the inverted dome and reflects back through the 'sphere' part, right?
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>> Anonymous
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Bump!

Elaborating, the ceilings are super high, maybe 2-3 storeys? The flash would be working pretty hard to bounce the light and it might not even be useful at all.

If I use the LS with the dome on, I can dial in less power and fire it more often too.

There's also a catchlight on my flash, it's just a piece of cardboard like in the picture. Will that be more useful than the LS?
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
If the ceilings are really high and the room large then you might be better off with something like this: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lumiquest-Big-Bounce-Review.aspx

You can make similar things by following the ABBC ideas.

There's also Demb's products: http://www.dembflashproducts.com/

The LS is nice in many ways, but it needs to fire at a much higher power than normal to throw all that light around. It all does depend on the space, but the fill and ambient light effect it's meant to have relies on bouncing extra light around the room. If you're in middle of a big empty aircraft hanger then don't expect it to have any great effect. You can imagine how as the clear space around the subject gets bigger the light is going to be spread out and dropping off more and more. Dialing it back would only make it dimmer.
>> Anonymous
I was looking at Lumiquest's mini softbox before.

But with what I have, is the LS better or the catchlight thing? I won't be able to order anything online in time.
>> Anonymous
Hmm, looked at the Big Bounce, looks like Gary Fong's Whale Tail thing.
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>114189

It's hard for me to say without being there, sorry. Take the LS along anyway and if you think there is enough to reflect it off of at any point then use it and it will give you a flat even light rather than direct flash if that is what you want.

The rest of the time you could use a bounce card. The one in the flash is better than nothing, but you might want to make one up yourself by following the ABBC idea. It'll look like shit to you when your ghetto gear is held on with a rubber band, but no one will care what equipment you use if your photos are good. Try out on your handsome self first to see how it works.

The plastic fold up softbox? The little Lumiquest softbox is a bit fiddly to set up, is as ungainly as the LS when mounted (although a little lighter) and not very effective. If you have to put that on and off in a hurry then forget it. Softboxes are usually much bigger than a few inches anyway. That site has a review of it and it matches the impression I had from using it as far as it's effectiveness is concerned.

Shame you left it so late to ask about or plan this!
>> Anonymous
So I'm looking at the bounce card. From what it looks like, it's just a wide panel, if you can call it that, that spreads out to the sides and to the front.

How do you shoot with that? Point the flash straight up to let the light spread evenly and wide all over the front? Or do I do it at 45 degrees or at some angle towards the subject?
>> Anonymous
>>114201

That's the idea. It's nothing too fancy, but the results they show on the page are for real.

You can angle or shape it depending on how much light you want to throw forward. It's the same idea behind the Demb and WhailTail ideas with the flap on them.

Flap and flash up means most the light is headed for the ceiling as bounce and some gets thrown forward as fill to avoid panda eyes and so on. Problem for you is by the sound of it you've no chance of getting any light off the ceiling if you did that, so you'd need think of using it only to throw it forward in a diffuse way and not getting the bounce. It's a bit of a bitch, but diffuse light that socks the power of the flash is better than direct harshness that doesn't. Make the bounce card nice and big so it's a good surface area to bounce from.

There are some designs with Velcro and wings on them so you can make a hood like the Big Bounce. If you have a search with Google you'll find them too.
>> Anonymous
Okay, thanks for the tips.

I'll try and make the bounce card since it's free. Rubber bands will look so ghetto. I already get weird looks with the Gary Fong LS.

So looks like I should be shooting at an angle right? Since I go no chance to bounce it off the ceiling.

Should I leave it on E-TTL or dial it down manually? Seems like it would be really HARSH light if the power is too high. I usually go 1/16 or 1/8 with the LS but it's in fairly well lit areas and I just use it to brighten up people's faces.