-= Show me your SCRIM photos =-

I assisted an outdoor shoot last year and remember the photographer using a massive scrim to diffuse the sun. For those of you who own scrims, how often do you use them and under which circumstances. Please post examples as well as a link to or photo of the scrim you use.

OK, stupid question.... what the heck is a scrim?

groundloop wrote in post #16020662
OK, stupid question.... what the heck is a scrim?

Essentially a white (or black) screen to cut down and diffuse the light. Can also be referred to as silks.

Anyway, like I was sayin', scrim is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, scrim-kabobs, scrim creole, scrim gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple scrim, lemon scrim, coconut scrim, pepper scrim, scrim soup, scrim stew, scrim salad, scrim and potatoes, scrim burger, scrim sandwich. That- that's about it.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #16020675
Essentially a white (or black) screen to cut down and diffuse the light. Can also be referred to as silks.

OK, thanks.... I have now officially learned something today. I'm still a functional illiterate when it comes to flash photography, though I'm slowly improving thanks in large part to what I've learned lurking on POTN.

Less talk; more photos! Show me your beautifully diffused sun shots!

I wish this thread would have gotten some more serious attention. I'm interested in some examples/explanations myself.

Dave

lostinwv wrote in post #16255791
I wish this thread would have gotten some more serious attention. I'm interested in some examples/explanations myself.

Dave

Im with you. It is a cool shooting technique. I always struggle with keeping the shadow of the scrim/assistant out of the shot since they are alwyays between the sun and the subject.

I use to use them all the time when I was in the video production biz. But I also had a team of gaffers to help.

IMAGE LINK: http://s182.photobucke​t.com …rtshoppingcente​r.jpg.html

Living in Scotland, I need to bring the scrim out once every seven years.

1955 Mercedes 300SL inside a warehouse with 25 ft overhead scrim (my own build) to diffuse tungsten lighting:

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Byte size: ZERO | PHOTOBUCKET ERROR IMAGE

Robert Dunlop wrote in post #16256245
Living in Scotland, I need to bring the scrim out once every seven years.

Assuming you're saying that because it is often overcast in Scotland, isn't a scrim rather useful in blocking overhead lighting such as on an overcast day? I think overcast conditions may be ideal for using a scrim: remove the raccoon eyes by blocking the overhead light, and brighten the dreary background at the same time (since you have to open up the exposure a little more to account for the light loss on the subject, due to the scrim being overhead).


That said, the only scrim shot I can seem to find is this one of my daughter, and conditions were very sunny (pardon the obnoxious hairs going across her face). Just so it isn't a source of confusion, the (overdone) golden rim lighting was bounced with a gold reflector.

Dave