Imitating Window Light

I love the way light from a window wraps around a person's face. Recently I've been experimenting with firing a hot shoe flash through a translucent disc to imitate the diffused and directional source of light that a window provides. I could have use one of my umbrellas too, but this time around it was simpler to bust out the reflector instead of opening an umbrella and attaching it to a light stand. Either way would have worked in the photo above. The setup was very simple. I attached a wireless receiver to a hot shoe flash and aimed it through a translucent disc. I could have made the apparent size of the light even larger had I put some more distance between the flash and the reflector, but my goal was to just shoot Jakey, so the apparent size of the light was big enough to provide soft directional wrap around light on his face. To avoid having too much light spill from the top of the flash, bounce off the ceiling, and light the top of Jakey, I placed a plastic case on top of the flash (it acted like a gobo/flag).