I am trying to light myself using a key and a reflector for a fill and a back hair light.
To start, I focussed just on the key and fill so I tried both an Arri 650 and a 1000 at different times with and without diffusion paper (not sure of the weight of the paper) and a Photoflex Litedisc. I varied the angle of the reflector in every possible way and height I could to try to get the right effect.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/42096-REG/Photoflex_DL_1542ZZ_42_Refl...
to act as the fill. I had the key at a 45 degree angle and varied its distance from 7 ft to around 4ft from myself and could not get the light to reflect off of the reflector very well unless it was inches from my face. I used the gold side and it was much more effective with reflecting the light, though it was too harsh.
1. Can anyone provide any advice on what I might be doing wrong?
2. Is this reflector not good for this purpose for some reason?
Thanks for any info.
