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how to creat beautiful background hot spots using one light

 
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Sep 03, 2009 10:37 |  #16

I use a Morris Bare Bulb slave http://www.themorrisco​mpany.com/Lights/ac_ba​rebulbslave.html (external link) in a home made holder atop an old microphone stand that I cut down. It is cheap, works great and isn't so powerful that one needs to stack a bunch of ND filters on it when using it close to the background and it puts out a perfect round spot of light.

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Sep 03, 2009 15:48 |  #17

TMR Design wrote in post #8575793 (external link)
That's the nice thing about the wide angle reflector. If you use it without a deflector it increases the coverage but still leaves you with a hot spot. The deflector increases the size of the hot spot so you probably don't want to use one. I think that diffusing the light from the reflector will give you what you want with a nice hot spot and soft transitions to the area surrounding the spot.

My spot isn't round I think what you are describing is the hot tip.




  
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