Originally Posted by azn_redneck
Yes, the halogen might be a little warm for the filter. Do you lose a lot of light through the pantyhose diffuser? More that a couple of stops will put me and my unprofessional camera out of business real quick.
No it just softens the light so its not as direct on the subject. I have found that layering the hose to get desired diffusion works well too.
Here is a shot I did using this setup:
What I did for this is have one bare bulb lamp behind a pizza box blocking most of its light. Then I had the diffuser setup pointed in a general direction towards the subject but not directly at him. Aside from the obvious color tone in PS added it is pretty much untouched.
depending on how direct you put the light you can either drop or raise your stops according to need.