Lighting with a Brolley
I thought I would start this thread dedicated to using a brolley for flash, and welcome contributions.
Ok boring subject but deliberately chosen as it has shiny bits and is large enough at 12 inches long and 4 1/2 inches high, to create hard shadows.
The object here is to look at two different ways of viewing use of the brolley.
In the first composit image, a brolley has been used as the primary and ONLY light source and a reflector added just to give it a bit of lift.
The second image takes a different slant on things. Brolley and reflector positioned as in image one but here there is a build up of light by adding a second flash to lift the base.
No 1 of the set, exposure shown is brolley only. Overall this is underexposed but is so to account for the additional light from step 2.
No 2 of the set shows the exposure from the added flash only. This flash ( undiffused ) was fired horizontally from the front but directed just over the subject so is it is only spill light that is recorded on the shiny bits.
No 3 shows the exposure from both flash guns.
No 4 shows the effect of adding a reflector to the right hand side.
Don
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