lighting setups

What’s the better fill light? Speedlight or Reflector? 

When you add some fill in light to your lighting setup, does this extra light do exactly what you want it to do to your scene?

A fellow photographer just asked me why I never use reflectors as fill light in my lighting setups. Actually, I do use reflectors. I have two big collapsible multi purpose reflectors always with me. I am using them as gobos, or as diffusers and yes, sometimes even use them for adding fill light.

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Lighting setup #208 Lyen Wong jumping 

One of my followers on Twitter just asked me how we did shoot photo #208. This photo depicts my friend Lyen Wong performing a jump. This was a part of her show which made her Miss Universe Shape 2005. Of course, in her show she did not perform this jump nude, but for our fine art shooting and for the joy of her fans she allowed me to cover her great body with light and shade only. Read more »