Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/16

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Subject: [Leica] Ok - How do I fake Northern light window box?
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Sun Dec 16 13:43:28 2007
 
I was on indoor shoot today with some super kids but really bad light.
Broke out the quantum flash and shoot through umbrella - something just
wasn't right and I hated the light I was creating.
We wandered around the house until I found it - the bay window facing north,
looking out over a snow covered field.
The light it produced was glorious. Shoot saved!

So - it got me to thinking again.
I have tried again and again to 'fake' that kind of be-yoo-tiful soft light,
but I never get it right.
I've tried shoot thru / shoot into umbrellas, shoot against white walls,
scrims, soft boxes (closest look yet)
but nothing is 'right'.

How do you fake it?
That is - soft north window light?

Eric
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