"Levelor blinds" effect.

[Memento Mori]

Hey helpful peeps, I have a lovely model that wants to do art nudes with that extremely crisp striped light look. I would can it the Levelor blinds effect.

Right before Christmas, of course, all of my ads seemed to be for "spotlights" that did this but now they're all gone.

What's the usual go to for this style? 256459

[Ulophot]

Are you looking for strobe or continuous? How much power do you need?

[Memento Mori]

Are you looking for strobe or continuous? How much power do you need?

Well, I've got two constants (300) and three strobes (300/400/400) so I should be fine on light. Looking for extreme B&W, and I have access to actual venicians. What are you thinking?
(Thanks for the reply)

[Mal Paso]

An Optical Spot with a Gobo with that pattern would work. Westcott, Godox and Neewer have spot adapters that fit mostly Bowens style strobes and lights. They also have Gobo sets with different patterns. I have Norman TriLite optical spots that operate from power packs.

[Jody_S]

Personally, before messing with spots, I would be inclined to try a window and some opaque blinds, vertical or horizontal depending on the effect you want. Then use lith film if you want the two-tone effect shown in the image above.

[Mal Paso]

If you use windows with blinds you will need a small light source like the sun or small light to get the hard, sharp shadows. The advantage to using a light is it won't move during the session like the sun will although the sun would be a great light source if you can work with it's movement.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53504892408_c0fb6c6d0f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pw3yqY)Two Shenpho Light Projectors Canon Lenses Laser Pinhole GOBOS (https://flic.kr/p/2pw3yqY) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

These came from Ebay and I modified them to fit 300J Broncolor Impact Monolights. They came with sets of Gobos, including "Venetian Blind" types.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53508974040_fa2e9a8ec2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pwptKW)Sanpho GOBO test Visatec 1600B 600J 50CT CFV16 (https://flic.kr/p/2pwptKW) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Sanpho GOBO test Visatec 1600B Hasselblad 500C/M CFV16 Digital Back 60mm F3.5 C T* Zeiss Distagon. Clear dome over flash tube. F16 Indicated EI 100. GOBO fired onto canvas background. Image can be made pretty sharp with Canon Digital EF lenses. Broncolor FM Strobe Meter tested the light.

[Jim Jones]

I've used transparency projectors in a studio to accomplish this.