Response to Ever a time when two lights won't cause two shadows on a model/subject?

Put you main close [because it has a low output], and move your fill away from the model to get the correct ratio. Set it up with a pretty broad ratio, such as 4:1, and you should be off to the races! I'd also look at what you're getting with the fill at a fairly hard angle to the model, like 90* or so.

Thanks for the response, Robert; good timing. In "me"-speak, does this mean:

1) put the powerful head with the Slo-Fen diffuser into the umbrella, bounce it backwards (not shoot-thru), at the same plane as the model, and set it to, say, f16

2) take the smaller light, move it in close, and unmodified, at 90deg (direct overhead and angled down on the stand), and set it to f8? (that's 4:1, right?). Thanks again. shawn

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