John Melove Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hi guys, could any one tell me the difference between Artificial Silk vs Silk with 12x12 frames in term of light. If there is any as I'm thinking to buy one but but the Silk is a bit more expensive. Thanks J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Melove Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 also, what do you think about this light: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eZCHbOAAmPk/UkE75BqLU8I/AAAAAAAAYds/y9RIgW2y2CU/s1600/majeautumnwinter2013campaign2.jpgIs it a silk screens or a something else? How do can I get soft light like that? Thanks a lot guys. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Cottin Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi John, Artificial silk is a bit more resistant and very often what we call just "silk" is, in fact, artificial silk. Actually, I don't recall ever seeing real silk for large frames. The light for this photo shoot is shadowless. I could see a foam core reflector and the large white surface is used as a background. The lighting in this video is too flat for my taste, but maybe in the actual pictures the lighting is done by the strobes so it can be completely different than what you see on the video! It is not very complicated to get such a soft light. Find a very large white surface, really as large as possible (it can be a reflector, silk, a wall, ceiling or whatever) and either bounce or shoot a light though it! Silk is not the softest diffusion material, I would try full grid cloth or double diffusion. Personally I would probably bounce a quite powerful open-face or PAR into some bleached muslin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) You can't conclude anything from the video- you're only seeing the effect of the working lights. The photographic light is much more directional- a key from slightly above eye level and much harder crosslights from behind, probably from the brolly you see at 0:04. The background is blown out with a light through it. Edited January 19, 2015 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Burditt Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 There are 3 types of silks I know of and they come in many standard sizes and custom sizes from manufactures like Matthews, American Grip and Rag place. Full, Half and Quarter. There is also black silk that cuts bounce white silks have. 2 types of 12x12 silk comonly used: china silk(real) known as half silk lightweight medium diffustion, 1 stop poly silk(artificial) know as full silk denser and softer diffusion, usually a little over a stop and half I perfer china but it is more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Cottin Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Oh, so China silk is real silk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Burditt Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Oh, so China silk is real silk ? I guess it would be better to call china natural silk and poly silk man made. The poly is made with synthetic fibers while natural silk is derived from silk worms. The process to produce china silk makes it more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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