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Adding a second light to the kitchen for detail

Adding a second light to the kitchen for detail

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Adding a second light to the kitchen for detail

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- So, here's my second light, my second umbrella. Go outside and put this in this other window. Be right back. Watch the low gutter. This is a double-fold umbrella, which is kind of nice and compact. It's good for traveling. I'm just going to tuck the shaft under there. Again, I'm going to elevate this because we're trying to make people believe that this is sunlight. Sunlight tends to come in from up high, and travel down. Now, the question is, can this, which is the furthest extension of the umbrella, be seen by the camera. And no, it cannot. I mean, it's fine. Actually, I can move this this way, and I'm going to push it right to the edge because I really would rather have the light here, in an ideal world, but here, I'm visible from the camera so I'm going to get as close to that as possible. As long as this point is hidden behind this, I'm golden. Turn this on. Now, the other flash is at full power. This one I'm going to put at half power, and this is me guessing. I don't know how…

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