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My daughter is making a dress for her A level art project and she wants some high key photos of it for her portfolio. The dress will be mainly white and we have a white pebble beach nearby which she wants to use as a background but obviously we need to capture the details in the dress. Given the time constraints, weather, temperature, vagaries of teenage girls, etc. it is unlikely that we will be able to go at the best time of day for natural light so I am wondering what would be best in terms of light modifiers to go with flash guns. Inexplicably I have 4 flashes/triggers and a few stands but only the cheapest of cheap silver and white brollies which are nowhere near big enough for full length shots. The other factor is that this is not something I am likely to shoot very often, if at all again so I don’t want to spend a fortune on a full-length strip box or whatever. That said I can see me using something like a soft-box occasionally.
So, any ideas or suggestions for lighting an outdoor, full length dress shoot with speedlights? Am I just wasting my time with something like a soft-box for full-length shots? Also what’s the best position for a backlight for this type of thing?
So, any ideas or suggestions for lighting an outdoor, full length dress shoot with speedlights? Am I just wasting my time with something like a soft-box for full-length shots? Also what’s the best position for a backlight for this type of thing?