dedolight Eflect is now a mature product and an established part of the dedolight Lightstream range. These are bendable multi-mirrored reflectors, designed to reflect patterns onto a background or subject, or both at the same time.
Available in sizes from 7x10cm to 80x80cm, the patterns created by dedolight Eflect can be used for miniatures all the way to the largest studio. Combined with dedolight focussing lights and dedolight parallel beam intensifiers, the intensity of the patterns can be bright and intense, regardless of room or studio size.
The range of dedolight Eflect reflectors includes: silver and gold with small and large grid surfaces, and the latest dedolight Eflect reflectors, Tropical Blue and Tropical Orange. The dedolight Eflect reflectors are also available in blended patterns where different surfaces are combined.
What is unique about Tropical Blue and Tropical Orange is they create the opposite effect of what one would expect. Tropical Blue create red, orange and auburn colours, while Tropical Orange creates blues, greens and aqua.
dedolight Eflect has been steadily gaining traction in the world of production, particularly in studios and for commercial shoots.
Images included in this article were created using dedolight Eflect. These are from a recent commercial shoot at Holborn Studios, London, with dedolight Eflect being used extensively throughout the filming.
Will Churchill, gaffer, explains what brought him to the dedolight Eflect system: “What attracted me to using the Eflect system is the ability to be creative with the lighting and manipulate it in a way which kind of coincides with the natural world. With a few tools we’ve been able to create some very beautiful vivid colours and patterns.”
dedolight Eflect can be used to create a myriad of patterns which can be static or moving: dappled light, textures on subject and background, or background only. By gently moving the dedolight Eflect reflectors, nudging the light stand, or by moving the light shining into the reflector, this creates realistic moving patterns across subject and background. The results can be subtle or intense.
Will Churchill, gaffer, comments further on working with dedolight Eflect: “I think the technology of reflected light, especially the way that dedolight does it, gives the illusion that the source is much further away. You know it’s not a direct source. When you direct a source at a subject it becomes very ‘saucy and fake’ in a way. With reflecting light especially with Eflect and the other mirror systems that Dedo provides, it creates that illusion that the source is much further away giving more naturalistic and realistic tones.”
