Sketching Light: An Illustrated Tour of the Possibilities of Flash

Need a Window in a Bar?

Here’s a wrinkle on a straight-up diffuser panel. I’ve always wanted some self-contained contraption that would allow the placement of small flashes a decent working distance from a diffuser panel, just by itself. In other words, it would eliminate the need for the use of multiple stands, which gets a bit messy and congested on the set. So, again, I got together with the good folks at Lastolite and helped them design this 3×3′ addition to the Numnuts signature line.

This rig, as shown in the production pic below, has promise. I dragged it into a Nashville bar for a shoot with a rocker, Dean Tomasek. Great face, great location—albeit a touch on the dark side, as bars tend to be. I levered the support arm back away from ...