Christopher M Schmidt

Found this, really helpful series of diffusion tests

yea, I'm sure we will do that just trying to speed it up and not have to test things on the day especially when the difference is subtle I think I'll have trouble deciding on the day ha. Really wish there was some tests online of just a catalog of diff materials, it was something I was just looking for but could not find

hmm ok, so grid is a bit more directional then? sounds good Ill probably go in that direction the stuff I have seen with 1/2 silk I didn't like much because it seemed a light artificial and didn't feel like sunlight it was so soft. Thanks much for the feedback.

yea super standard....I've never really had to do this kinda day exterior work for some reason just has not come up. any knowledge on the effective difference between grid and silk?

A follow up question too: anyone know how much light you get outta 12x ultra bounce? how many stops under direct sunlight are you at (I mean obviously dependent on how far talent is away from it but just to get an idea?) .....If I were to position the sun behind talent and and fill with the 12x UB from 10ft away am I going to get anywhere near a reasonable exposure on the face?

Just curious what people like to do for day exterior overhead sun when shooting faces. We are only going to have time and budget to have 1 big frame and want to keep it pretty natural anyways just want to remove the harsh contrast. I'm thinking I have kinda two options either let the sun hit directly and then fill with ultra bounce or cut the sun with something pretty light so that its diffused enough for it to look alright but doesn't cut exposure too much so the backgrounds aren't too hot. Thinking that might be like 1/4 silk? ....how do people like grid cloth I have never worked with that before? I'm also going to bring out some shinny board and smaller stuff (4x frames, floppys, etc) but again since trying to keep it pretty natural I don't want to do too much and shinny board can be pretty strong. has anyone had experience shooting shinny board through diff?