Acetate

fredjclaus

I saw in a video on lighting that some people use a screen made of acetate to help defuse the light. The only acetate I can find is the overhead projector sheets. Is there something different that I need to look at for the light screen idea?

Nikolai

fredjclaus wrote:

I saw in a video on lighting that some people use a screen made of acetate to help defuse the light. The only acetate I can find is the overhead projector sheets. Is there something different that I need to look at for the light screen idea?

Fred,

1) what kind of light are you looking to diffuse (as in: direct sun, window, studio strobe, speedlight, etc.)?

2) what size diffusor are you looking to create?

fredjclaus

Well the video that was showing these defusers, was using traditional household lighting. I was interested in testing it out some different lighthing ideas I saw pros using, but can't seem to find it. They have had 2'x3' screens, and they have had larger 6x8 screens as well.

Nikolai

fredjclaus wrote:

Well the video that was showing these defusers, was using traditional household lighting. I was interested in testing it out some different lighthing ideas I saw pros using, but can't seem to find it. They have had 2'x3' screens, and they have had larger 6x8 screens as well.

I see... We're talking DIY, right?

fredjclaus

yes we are. It was episode 1 and 2 on pro photo Life .com that I saw the acetate screens on.