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Light shaping and control tools

Light shaping and control tools

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Light shaping and control tools

- So now that Greg and I have talked about these different lighting fixtures, I want to talk to you a little bit about how we control that light, and we're going to be doing it all over the place over the next few days. I'm going to talk first about one of my favorite ways to create fill light, especially for lighting-intruding interviews, which is really the bread and butter of what a lot of us do for a living. So this is just a little Nano Stand here, which is a collapsible, very small light stand and on here I have what's called a Mini Grip Head, this one's made my Matthews, and something called a Mini Matthelini. If you've ever seen a Cardellini Clamp or a Matthelini Clamp, this is just a small version of that. So Nano Stand, Mini Grip Head, Mini Matthelini, and I have a reflector. This particular one isn't made anymore, but it has a little silver, gold on one side and it has white on the other. I generally use white all the time and because it has a rigid handle, and they're are…

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