Lastolite Trigrip for pet portraits

[markta]

Hi there,

My girlfriend's daughter is graduating from university, so I want to take a nice portrait shot of her cat, which is mainly black ,with white patches on her breast and around the nose area, then process and print to A3 with a view to framing it as a present.

What I'd like to do is reflect some natural light onto her, obviously to bring out fur detail, so thinking about the Trigrip..

I'm gonna be ordering a trigrip but not sure which colour combos are the most suitable. I know sun fire will give a warm glow, but they also make them in white, silver, soft silver and black..

Any advice as to what colours I should go for, for a neutral effect would be great :)

Thanks :)

[HoppyUK]

Natural means white. Silver can look unnaturally bright sometimes, but good if you're careful. Try it with a sheet of white card and stick silver foil on the other side - makes a brilliant reflector :)

[nb62]

Totally agree! White is soft and natural to fill shadow, silver can look like a second light source has been used.

[DekHog]

Silver is fantastic outdoors on a dull, overcast day - you'd be surprised how much light it reflects that doesn't look like it's actually there in the first place!

[markta]

Thanks for all the replies :)

Just what I thought; was about to close up the thread as I'd made up my mind, when the first reply came in and confirmation after that.

Have ordered the white/silver medium sized one. Thanks again! :thumbs: