Portable illumination source for photographers
OwnerRoger H. Ressmeyerinventor
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Abstract
A portable illumination source for photographers which can be worn on the head of the photographer and there retained without attention by the photographer so that he can use both hands for manipulating his camera. The device includes a rigid frame on which is mounted a light source such as a photoflash to produce light rays on a path and a diffuser secured to the rigid frame within the path to diffuse light toward a subject that the photographer is facing. A suspension system for securing the rigid frame to the head of the photographer such that the apparatus can be employed without attention from the photographer.
Claims8
Portable apparatus for use by a photographer for illuminating a photographic subject in front of the photographer comprising a frame, a light source secured to the frame for producing light rays along a path, diffusing means mounted on said frame within and substantially perpendicular to said path for diffusing light rays produced by said source, said diffusing means having a generally planar surface and being oriented approximately parallel to the photographer's face, and means for securing the frame to the photographer's head, said means including a chin strap for engaging the chin of the photographer, said frame, light source and diffusing means having a combined center of gravity rearward of the midpoint of the photographer's head and said chin strap being fastened to said frame forward of the midpoint to tension the chin strap.
Portable apparatus for affording illumination of a subject in front of a photographer comprising a frame, means for securing the frame on the photographer's head so that said frame extends upward and rearward thereof, a light source mounted on the frame and directed rearward, and a reflector secured to the frame in light receiving relation to the light source for reflecting and diffusing light incident thereon toward the subject, the center of gravity of said frame, light source and reflector being rearward of the midpoint of the photographer's head so as to produce a moment thereon in a direction upwardly away from the photographer's face, said securing means including tension resisting means engagable with photographer's chin for counteracting said moment, said reflector being mounted so that the majority of the reflective surface thereof is above the top of the photographer's head.
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