Hi John, have just followed your third webinar on studio lighting with manfrotto, thanks for all the great advice from this and previous two. I hope I can put in into practice.
Thank you for taking the time to video the review of the PLM. I seek your advice on whether to get the silver or the white umbrella for the following shoot:
One Large group photo of 200 people in 6 rows stacked up one on top of the other.
About 30 persons side by side per row. Each row will be standing on a step higher than the previous row.
This is done indoor with a v high ceiling and with ambient light from outside.
Camera will be about 10metres away from the first row.
3 umbrellas using Elinchrom D Lite 4 (400ws) and PLM on. left, centre and right placement.
Should I use the extreme silver PLM or the white PLM (with black spill cover)?
I don’t see how the ambient light could be a factor at all. I’d want to be at something like 160/8 or 160/10 for this shot. I don’t know of any rooms where the ambient light would show up at all in those settings.
With that in mind, I’d want 2 white PLM umbrellas with a diffusion cover to really spread the light as much as I can. The silver PLM is more like a spotlight. It’s great for one person, but not great for shooting 30 people. It might help to shoot from a ladder to help you get all of the faces on the same plane. Best of luck.
Hi John, have just followed your third webinar on studio lighting with manfrotto, thanks for all the great advice from this and previous two. I hope I can put in into practice.
Dear John
Thank you for taking the time to video the review of the PLM. I seek your advice on whether to get the silver or the white umbrella for the following shoot:
One Large group photo of 200 people in 6 rows stacked up one on top of the other.
About 30 persons side by side per row. Each row will be standing on a step higher than the previous row.
This is done indoor with a v high ceiling and with ambient light from outside.
Camera will be about 10metres away from the first row.
3 umbrellas using Elinchrom D Lite 4 (400ws) and PLM on. left, centre and right placement.
Should I use the extreme silver PLM or the white PLM (with black spill cover)?
Thanks!
I don’t see how the ambient light could be a factor at all. I’d want to be at something like 160/8 or 160/10 for this shot. I don’t know of any rooms where the ambient light would show up at all in those settings.
With that in mind, I’d want 2 white PLM umbrellas with a diffusion cover to really spread the light as much as I can. The silver PLM is more like a spotlight. It’s great for one person, but not great for shooting 30 people. It might help to shoot from a ladder to help you get all of the faces on the same plane. Best of luck.