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This is probably the easiest solution for fill lighting. Fill Lighting is Made Easy with The Chinese Lantern. Plus I have a behind the scenes!
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The Chinese lantern, as you have recognized from the name, is inspired from the Sky Lanterns from China. These lanterns were used during war for signaling troops. After a short while, the lights became popular with kids and adults. Which made them popular at festivals.
A few hundreds years later, some a smart person decided to stick a Chinese lantern on a light for a photo! That brings us to today where we need to fill light. The Chinese lantern gives the advantage like one my friend says to “light without looking lit”.
Used as a single source modifier, it creates a naturalistic light that simulates what we see indoors.
Use in combination with other modifiers, the Chinese lantern creates a gentle directionless fill light.
In a non-ball form, the light from mount to top measures 24 inches or 60.94cm.
The Chinese lantern creates a very even light that is omnidirectional.
My overall impressions of this modifier are:
1 - great to create a fill light or naturalistic scene lighting
2- Also great to light a couple of subject without too much "directionality".
3 - build quality is decent, I wouldn’t carry this on a rough shoot but the locking system is nice and needs a little strength (barely) to setup.
Although, the unit velcro for this model has a hard time closing all the way through which can either be attributed to user error or the measurements of the cover fabric. (most likely me)
4 - But overall, I am quite happy to have this in my bag and look forward to use it on location or outdoors!