mola-light blog

Apr

2012

News: New Mola SOLLO

Mola Introduces the new Mola Sollo.

The rebirth of the Silver Setti is now the Mola Sollo.

The new silver interior is 1 stop brighter than our previous Satin Silver.

Brighter, Sharper and now paired with our Opal glass and PAD combination.

This newer, shinier interior surface of the SOLLO takes even more advantage of the deeper profile of the original 28″ Setti, further improving contrast and specular highlights.

This is the new 28″ Sollo. The current 28″ Satin Silver Setti is now discontinued.

Shipping May 15th, 2012

Tags: Mola in Silver, Mola Setti, Mola Sollo
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Apr

2012

Mola user: Jonathan Dear – Dark Monsoon shoot

Australian wedding photographer, Jonathan Dear takes a break from his current busy season to shoot some personal fashion work as a collaboration, titled ‘Dark Monsoon’. It was shot in some local rainforest, adding smoke for visual effects and using his white 22″ mola demi (with stacked OPAL and PAD diffusers) as the main light.

“The mola demi really is my go-to location modifier. I can get a really soft diffused look with it, but I can also use my white mola flxgrid and get a harder look from it. Its size and portability really makes it just about the only modifier I use outdoors.”

white mola demi with white mola flxgrid, no sock…

and a grab from a bts video…

white mola demi with white sock…

and the white demi without grid or sock… (stacked)

more of Jonathan @ www.vibrantphotography.com.au
www.facebook.com/vibrantphotography.com.au

Tags: FLXGrid, Mola Demi
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Apr

2012

Mola user: Fiona Quinn workshop

Wow so its been a while. It’s good to be back!

New Zealand fashion photographer, Fiona Quinn, recently ran a fashion photography workshop.

“This time we explored shooting for different magazine genres and working with new season Winter trends to produce shots that are current and fashion forward. Both shots use simple lighting techniques but produce quite different results.” she says.

here are some final images Fiona provided us with as well as a behind-the-scenes shot of her setup. In this case we see her using a white 28″ Mola Setti.

and her lovely as always results…

and some further shots from the workshop available on her blogpost here from the day.

“Our Workshop on May the 6th is all booked up but if you are interested in a future Workshop get in touch with me through my website contact form and I will send you all the information and let you know when the next one is. We may run one more before Winter sets in otherwise it will likely be later in the year.

You get to meet my amazing team and learn how to create a successful fashion shoot from start to finish.”

www.fionaquinn.co.nz
blog.fionaquinn.co.nz

Tags: Mola Setti
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Feb

2012

Mola spotted: Andrej Pejic Fashion magazine cover shoot

Spotted!

In this behind-the-scenes video of Australian male model Andrej Pejic shooting for Fashion Magazine, we spot a 22″ Mola Demi being used. It’s a white Demi with stacked PAD and Opal diffusers with the Vented Light Weight Diffuser, lit with the Profoto ProDaylight 800w HMI continuous light. The combination of continuous light and Mola Softlights means you can shoot seamlessly between stills and video without compromising on your light quality.

Shot at S1 Studios in Toronto, Canada by Moo King.

We’ll chat more about using continuous lighting and Mola in coming posts.

Here’s the bts video…

and the final cover image for the Feb 2012 Fashion Magazine…

Tags: Continuous Lighting, Mola Demi, Mola diffusion
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Feb

2012

Mola user: Emily Soto – Steady as the Beating Drum shoot

Fashion photographer Emily Soto is back beating our drum with this editorial shoot using the white Mola 28″ Setti. This shoot was an editorial for SugarKiss magazine. Below is some frames from the shoot with a behind-the-scenes video at the end of her in action.

www.emilysoto.com & www.emilysotoblog.com

Tags: Mola Setti
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Jan

2012

Mola user: Fiona Quinn – The Forest shoot

Fiona Quinn makes a trip over for Spring in Sydney, shooting the editorial ‘The Forest’, for the summer edition of M2 Women’s Magazine.

“I wanted this shoot to be soft and a little earthy – working with the natural light and subtle lighting – colours and textures and a natural environment.” says Fiona.

Fiona lights these portraits with a white 22″ Mola Demi with stacked PAD + OPAL diffusers and varying use of the diffusion sock. Once again we love her subtle use of Demi fill outdoors.

Further thoughts and behind-the-scenes photos are here and here on her personal blog.fionaquinn.co.nz.

Tags: Mola Demi
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Jan

2012

Mola user: Fiona Quinn – Other World shoot

Heading into summer down in the southern hemisphere, New Zealand photographer and frequent contributor Fiona Quinn is back with a stunning black-sand shoot. ‘Other World’ was an editorial for M2 Woman’s Magazine. Fiona lit these photos with a white 22″ Mola Demi with PAD deflector, unsocked except for the last closeup where the diffusion sock was used.

Again make sure you check out Fiona’s blogpost on the shoot here.

We look forward to seeing summer through the eyes of Fiona in the coming months!
Fiona available at www.fionaquinn.co.nz.

Tags: Mola Demi
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Dec

2011

Mola spotted: Carrie Underwood for SELF Magazine

Spotted!

We spot a white 33″ Mola Euro being used for this SELF magazine cover shoot with country singer Carrie Underwood, photographed by Stewart Shining. Like the previous SELF shoot we blogged earlier, a white 33″ Mola Euro has been used with the OPAL glass and no front diffuser.

Behind-the-scenes video from the shoot is below;

and some stills sourced from google images,

Tags: Mola Euro
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Dec

2011

Mola spotted: Taylor Swift shoot for SELF Magazine

Spotted!

We spot a white Mola 33″ Euro being used for this SELF magazine cover shoot with famous country singer, Taylor Swift. The white 33″ Euro was used with the OPAL glass and no front diffuser.

Behind-the-scenes video from the shoot is below;

and some stills from the shoot*

*stills pulled from there web so are not a guarantee of color / final quality

Tags: Mola Euro
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Dec

2011

Mola user: Fiona Quinn – Veuve Noir shoot

Fiona Quinn makes our heart skip a beat again with her beautiful rendition of her ‘Veuve Noir’ shoot published in M2 Womans Magazine. Fiona lit this with a white 28″ Mola Setti, shot in studio at Kingsize Studios in Auckland, NZ.
More workshops are planned for early 2012 by Fiona in New Zealand – make sure you get a chance to read up on them on her blog (includes previous workshop images)

More thoughts and images on Fiona’s Veuve Noir blog post here.