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    Re: Outdoor portraits with 4x5 and Monolight

    Quote Originally Posted by AtlantaTerry View Post
    I say don't use a strobe at all. Because the color temperatures will never match; your strobe will be one and the daylight will be another.

    Instead, use reflectors (black, white and silver) to add or remove whatever daylight is extant. When you remove light the term is "subtractive lighting".

    Subtractive lighting was used quite well and taught by the late American photographer Leon Kennamer.
    https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&t...ctive+lighting
    this doesn't have to be the case.
    the gels we use in the film industry to match HMI's are available in small sheets for about $6/each. Adding them to strobes isn't any different. eighth cto, quarter cto, half cto, quarter straw, half straw, etc are all available from b&h, calumet, or ebay.

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    Re: Outdoor portraits with 4x5 and Monolight

    Quote Originally Posted by AtlantaTerry View Post
    I say don't use a strobe at all. Because the color temperatures will never match; your strobe will be one and the daylight will be another.

    Instead, use reflectors (black, white and silver) to add or remove whatever daylight is extant. When you remove light the term is "subtractive lighting".

    Subtractive lighting was used quite well and taught by the late American photographer Leon Kennamer.
    https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&t...ctive+lighting
    I'm all for natural light, too, but your statement that "it will never match" is very poorly informed and really just wrong. You can match about anything to anything. In fact, it's pretty simple to do.
    -Chris

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