It's possible you've mentioned this before, but where does one get a fake head to use as a stand-in? How durable is it? Does it collapse for easy storage, or is that going to add another full box to my kit?
I got the two I have off of amazon a few years back. Wig stores and hair cutting training places/stores will sell them too. I am careful with them so they don't get scuffed, the material is a soft-ish plastic, but they have definitely taken tumbles before and have been fine, but I wouldn't just throw them around if you care about scuffs, etc. These do not collapse/inflate, so it would take up space, however, when paired with a light stand to adjust height the ease of getting a stand-in for lighting and focus is so useful/quick. My only problem with them is that the skin tones can look a bit off on camera sometimes, I *think* that might be a product of them using color pigments to color them and they just simply reflect light differently than skin, color wise. Otherwise, lighting with them as stand-ins works as you'd expect.
Question of the week: How much do you use reflected light?
Diy or die. Another awesome video. This is so creative.
Glad you enjoyed! The process of making DIY gear is always fun (even if challenging)!
This reminds me of the Dedo Elect. Gonna try this, but with broken disks for greater dispersion. Great video
I haven't tried it with broken disks, I'd be curious to see the results!
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It's possible you've mentioned this before, but where does one get a fake head to use as a stand-in? How durable is it? Does it collapse for easy storage, or is that going to add another full box to my kit?
I got the two I have off of amazon a few years back. Wig stores and hair cutting training places/stores will sell them too. I am careful with them so they don't get scuffed, the material is a soft-ish plastic, but they have definitely taken tumbles before and have been fine, but I wouldn't just throw them around if you care about scuffs, etc. These do not collapse/inflate, so it would take up space, however, when paired with a light stand to adjust height the ease of getting a stand-in for lighting and focus is so useful/quick. My only problem with them is that the skin tones can look a bit off on camera sometimes, I *think* that might be a product of them using color pigments to color them and they just simply reflect light differently than skin, color wise. Otherwise, lighting with them as stand-ins works as you'd expect.