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B2s would further soften the visual effect. As Diagram 3
shows, the angle of the B4 heads to the floor was pro-

nounced. As Diagram 2 shows, the B2 heads were posi-
tioned with a compound 45 degree angle to the reflector.
That is to say, each head was 45 degrees to the reflector

and the head itself was 45 degrees up.

In theory, at least, if I light a scene correctly the volume
of light will be consistent everywhere in a room. That
means that as long as I keep the configuration of the

lights the same, I can move them anywhere in the room
and the volume of light will remain consistent. For the

most part, that was true here. With the exception of mi-
nor changes to the power of the B3 heads, that was true.

Why wasn't the volume of light perfectly consistent? Re-
member, the ladies' parlor faced the front of the house

- south. Even with the veranda in front of the window,
the movement of the sun had a significant impact on the

volume of light in the room. The changes to the intensi-
ty of the strobes was required to compensate for those
changes. The movement of the sun would have had far

less an impact had the sun been across the room the
entire time.

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