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Elinchrom 1.50 indirect Octa

October 22, 2011/5 Comments/in blog, Reviews/by Frank Doorhof

In a country far far away…. (well actually it was Germany) I first saw a proto type of the Elinchrom 1.50mtr indirect Octa. From that first contact I fell in love with it. Some modifiers you see and you immediately become enthusiastic, the light had to be awesome. I love the 1.90mtr indirect Octa and my most used soft box must be the Deep octa which I advise to every photographer. However with the 1.90mtr you are getting a beautiful soft light but it misses some “bite”, the Deep Octa gives you that “bite” but it’s just a bit too small for some applications. When shooting full bodies I always remove the translucent material from the 1.90mtr to give it a bit more “edge” but it’s still a huge soft box with beautiful light but sometimes you just want something more…..

The moment I saw the 1.50mtr indirect octa I knew it….. this thing will rock.

Grid for Maxilight from Laserlight grids/Honeygrids

July 25, 2011/9 Comments/in blog, Reviews/by Frank Doorhof

I love the maxilight from Elinchrom, I’ve already mentioned this a few times.
It’s a modifier that gives you a lot of extra light from a Quadra and any other strobe you put it on, but as an added bonus the light quality is also very nice. For a while I was looking for a good grid for the Maxilight and could not find one, so I decided to buy a standard Mola grid and use duck tape to fit it to the maxilight….. well it worked (and I loved the results) but let’s be honest, it’s not the way to work.

Video Ilse

July 13, 2011/in blog/by Frank Doorhof

Yesterday you have read about the Ilse Motor session.
I also shot a small backstage video with my iPhone4 and today you can see the end result of that video.