Hm.. Maybee I´m oldfashion.. Look at these images : http://www.johner.se/searchresult.php?mode...;numofarchives=
What Back+Lens should I buy to be able to do that kind of images?
The images you reference don't really match the words you write as few of those have that soft cream backlit look you described, whatever soft and creamy is.
Digital does have it's limitations in regards to backlight though, at least strong backlight and producing natural fill such as white foam core or a large continuous source will balance it.
Digital or film is not magic in the fact you can't take any image where the background is 20 times the brightness of the foreground and hold all the detail, that is why most of us have a truck load of lights, fill cards and modifiers when we work.
That is also why good retouchers are in demand.
Now in all honesty, you will never learn any of this on a forum, you will have to go out and get your knees dirty and do it yourself.
Take a few digital cameras, and probably some film for reference and attempt to produce the look you want. If you invest it will reap rewards, if not, then it won't.
That is the only way to go forward, film or digital and btw: more than 1/2 of the work my studio presents was shot with some form of continuous light source, from hmi, to daylight, tungesten or a mixture.
There is no magic to any of this, just hard work and testing so what you want to present you can do in a repeatable style when asked.
You can take classes, seminars, assist and ask questions on a forum and though there is some small benfiit in that, all you really learn is how to do one specific thing not WHY you do something.
There is a big difference.
This image was't shot this way because of any predetermined lighting scheme, or camera, it was a combination of a lot of things, lenses, light, fill, subject all used for the desired look.
Actually this image was window light, one fill card, an old Hartebli tilt sift (for the softness of the lens) and a leaf aptus 22.
