Lighting with a Brolley

[Canis Vulpes]

Originally Posted by yelvertoft

A bit of lateral thinking with the flash head/brolly mounting clamp has got around the issue of the offset centres and subsequent light spill/power loss. I turned the clamp upside down, which has allowed me to mount the flash head directly along the line of the brolly shaft.

I often use a bracket with a serious offset that no doubt produces an unbalanced light. I feel it does not matter, regardless of where the beam of flash hits the brolley it will be widened and diffused. Providing diffused light falls on your subject at the desired location the intended photograph should come out alright.

[Rudra Sen]

Duncan, saw your jewellery shot in the gallery.

Few things you should keep handy while shooting jewellery. White cards of various sizes. Small mirrors of various sizes. Small support and Blue Tac packet.

Gold/silver needs lot of reflectors to enhance their tone and shine.

For jewellery, use white acrylic sheet (if not soft box) instead of umbrella. Light concentration will be much stronger.