Worth a read: Hollywood Portraits: Classic Shots and how to Take Them : Photographs from the Kobal Collection written by Roger Hicks and Christopher Nisperos
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Worth a read: Hollywood Portraits: Classic Shots and how to Take Them : Photographs from the Kobal Collection written by Roger Hicks and Christopher Nisperos
https://books.google.com/books/about...ok_description
That's brill I will have a look more at it tomorrow my brain has gone into sleep mode,research as got to be the most hard work ever!
And thank you all this info is amazing will help me out loads
Tracey
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and yes this is a must purchase, Hollywood Portraits: Classic Shots and how to Take Them : Photographs from the Kobal Collection written by Roger Hicks and Christopher Nisperos; if only to see how you would come to different conclusions.
Here's an excellent documentary on George Hurrell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G7-J0lOncQ
Many 10" 2K spot/Fresnel lights are now being surplused off on eBay due to the high cost of converting them to LED vs. purchasing new units. These can be economically converted to electronic flash with halogen modeling light or to standard Edison sockets to accept LED or filament bulbs up to 500W. Here is one I did earlier this month at a meeting of our local photo club. 10" DeSisti Leonardo, Dynalite flash conversion, Polarizer and diffusion on Fresnel, Polarlizer on grid/spot backlight and Polarizer on digital camera lens. JPEG straight out of camera.
Here are 10" QuartzColor Castors for $46.99 pus shipping. These were about $3000 each new. An easy conversion.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Strand-Quar...53.m1438.l2649
Tin Can
Of course you can use those fresnel halogen studio lights as is. If you stay below 2k you can run them from standard household circuits. Try to get complete units with barndoors, scums, etc. Fun stuff!
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