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What the heck?
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I'm a beginner to portrait photography and I currently have 1 Alien bee 400 with a 45 inch umbrella that can be used as a reflector or shoot-through. I am limited in my space and I 've placed my main light 4 feet fom my subject camera right, probably about 60 degrees from the background. My problem is that I always get these hotspots on my subject's face. I've tried shooting through the umbrella and get the same exact result. Iv'e tried moving my subject back further and changing the exposure. I've seen picures using th esame setup without hot spots. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong! I was thinking about buying/making one of those diffusion screens but , again, I've seen photos that just use a strobe and umbrella and get soft results. Would a bigger umbrella really make a difference? I don't understand why my 45 inch umbrella won't work for upperbody shots. Please help me with suggestions on how to get a softer light!!
October 14, 2006
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What the Heck? 2
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Also, this is what I got when I used another shoot through umbrella duct-taped to teh flash unit in the opposite directionfor a make-shift diffusion screen. the subject is my husband and he gets a little inpatient (that's why he looks like that).
October 14, 2006
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