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Hi Rodger,
Hope you are well. I was wondering if you have any tips for shooting outside with harsh sunlight. I’ve read that you use lots of duvy on the floor to control bounce. Do you ever use diffusion as well to try and get a controlled harshness. Thinking of NCFOM opening sequence and Jesse James. Still attached. Do you also have any favorite diffusions that you go to regularly if you are planning to use them outside? Thank you!
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I have not used diffusion on the lens for many many years. For the shot you reference I did nothing on the lens or in terms of an additional bounce source. I did little for the opening sequence of NCFOM either. Certainly nothing in front of the lens. In both cases I wanted the light to appear as harsh as it was.
Hey Roger,
Sorry I didn’t mean in front of the lens but rather overhead to try to control the harshness: something like a 4×4 opal, frost, muslin etc.? Or were these two references rather a time of choosing to shoot at a specific time to get the angle and shape you wanted on the subject? Thanks!
I have very rarely used a scrim overhead and rather choose a time of day. If you have a background it always seems odd that a character is standing in a different light.
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