Light — Science & Magic, 6th Edition

WORKING ON LOCATION 269

FEATHERING YOUR LIGHT

“Feathering” a light—as we are using the term here—means aiming it so

that part of its beam illuminates a scene’s foreground and the rest illumi-

nates its background or surroundings. Figure 10.9 shows one, oen useful,

way in which we can use this technique.

However, before we continue, a word of caution is due. How well feath-

ering works—or whether it will work at all—depends largely on how your

ash head is constructed. For example, some heavy-duty portable strobes

are made with large-diameter, circular reectors. ese usually scatter a

great deal of light in directions other than toward yo ...