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We’ve had Bowens lighting
systems in this studio for a
decade or more and they have
always been totally reliable.”
that
Added Frazer: “We’ve got eight and having a
Esprit heads including our backup really nice big
sets. If I am shooting family groups softbox, especially for a child shoot,
in a high–key style I will use two is the amazing difference in the
Wafer softboxes - one two metres quality of the light in the photograph
and the other one metre, in size. The – and that is precisely what can set
large one is the main light and the your work apart from the pack. It’s all
smaller one is used as the fill. Then about knowing what to use and what
we have two lights on the is really appropriate in the sitting.”
backgrounds, which are on a
Bowens hi-glide rail system.” Frazer loves the reliability of the
Bowens’ units. “They just go on and
Lisa uses a variety of lighting set- on” he said. “Occasionally we send
ups. “I frequently employ just one them back to Bowens’ HQ for a
softbox and a honeycomb grid” she service and they come back good as © Frazer Visser
revealed. “For me the Bowens new. The point is we don’t ever have
softbox is an absolutely vital studio to worry about them.”
tool. It’s perfect for shooting with
children.”
She added: “I also mentor a lot of
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photographers who are trying to gain
their Licentiateship accreditation -
and one of the main problems I see
repeatedly with their work is poor
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lighting. Many use umbrellas – quite
hard lighting. The difference between
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